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Direct linkRichards, Ben; Umayahara, Mami; Maw, Naing; Rao, Nirmala – Early Education and Development, 2021
Research Findings: This study examined the relation between early childhood education (ECE) participation and early child development in Myanmar. It considered whether this relation varied by ethnic group, language(s) spoken at home, and language(s) of ECE instruction. Participants were 1,494 children (759 girls) from Myanmar, aged between 36 and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Child Development, Program Effectiveness
Download full textWhat Works Clearinghouse, 2022
Providing instruction in multiple languages has the potential to simultaneously help both native English speakers and English learners to develop language proficiency. "Dual language programs" can help native English speakers develop proficiency in a second language and English learners develop proficiency in both their native language…
Descriptors: Language of Instruction, Bilingual Education, English Language Learners, Language Usage
What Works Clearinghouse, 2022
Providing instruction in multiple languages has the potential to simultaneously help both native English speakers and English learners to develop language proficiency. "Dual language programs" can help native English speakers develop proficiency in a second language and English learners develop proficiency in both their native language…
Descriptors: Language of Instruction, Bilingual Education, English Language Learners, Language Usage
Vandeyar, Saloshna – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2021
This article presents an account of how contested spaces: shared places have played out in the South African education context by tracing how the historical, political, social and educational contexts of South Africa created and determined shared places. The article draws on findings from a range of research projects that I conducted over the past…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Educational Environment, Racial Segregation
Torres, Rhina – Center for Cities & Schools, 2018
According to 2016-2017 school enrollment data, 31.6% of K-5 students were English Learners (ELs) in the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD). Of the many languages spoken at home by students, the most popular languages other than English are Spanish (19.14%) and Cantonese (15.88%). To respond to their needs, SFUSD offers programming that…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Bilingual Education, Language of Instruction, Immersion Programs
Bakhshaei, Mahsa; Georgiou, Theophano; McAndrew, Marie – McGill Journal of Education, 2016
In Quebec's French-language secondary schools, youth originating from South Asia have the highest dropout rate among all immigrant-origin students, whereas in the English sector, their coethnic peers have a more positive academic profile than third-plus-generation students. Using quantitative data, this paper aims to understand the difference in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language of Instruction, French, English (Second Language)
Figueras-Daniel, Alexandra; Barnett, W. Steven – National Institute for Early Education Research, 2013
As the United States works to reclaim economic prosperity, the Hispanic population--with the largest growth in population over the last decade--will likely play a key role in any economic resurgence. Educational success is a crucial part of economic recovery. While statistics on the educational success of Hispanic children are hardly encouraging,…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Bilingual Students, Economic Development, Preschool Education
de Wet, Corene; Wolhuter, Charl – South African Journal of Education, 2009
In this study enrolment numbers and levels, as well as language-in-education, were viewed from a linear, comparative perspective. In the era prior to 1994, black and white learners not only attended separate schools but the segregated schools had different policies regarding medium of instruction. Resistance to the language policy regarding black…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Segregation, Blacks, White Students
