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EL Policy and Immigrant Politics: State and Federal Policy and Ever-EL Students' Postsecondary Pathways
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Callahan, Rebecca M.; Jiang, Lei; Núñez, Anne-Marie – Educational Policy, 2023
Although current and former English Learner (EL) or "ever-EL" students comprise one of the fastest-growing K-12 populations, we still know relatively little about the factors that influence their college-going. Using Perna's seminal college-going model as a launching point, we propose a policy-driven empirical approach to explore how…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Educational Policy, Public Policy, State Policy
The Education Requirement of the U.S. Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986: A Case Study of Ineffective Language Planning.
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Huss, Susan – Language Problems and Language Planning, 1990
Under the 1986 Immigration Reform Act, illegal aliens could fulfill English, history, and civics knowledge requirements by attending instructional programs. Because the goal was to grant these aliens residency before foreign nationals applying under other programs, not to help individuals achieve English competency, the language policy has been…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Planning, Public Policy, Undocumented Immigrants
The Education Requirement of the U.S. Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986: A Case Study of Ineffective Language Planning.
Huss, Susan – 1989
An analysis of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA), which requires basic English language proficiency and knowledge of United States history and civics of illegal aliens seeking permanent residency status, suggests that the Act is an example of poor language planning. The analysis has three components. First, the legalization…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Federal Legislation, Federal Regulation, Language Planning