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Direct linkDixon, Kathryn – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
Language education policy has been a controversial and ongoing issue throughout the U.S., particularly in the state of Texas. This paper reports on a frame analysis of the five bills that amended the Texas Education Code to implement or expand bilingual education and English as a second language programs. Analysis focused on problems and solutions…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Educational Policy, English Only Movement, English (Second Language)
Leckie, Alisa G.; Kaplan, Suzanne E.; Rubinstein-Avila, Eliane – Language Policy, 2013
Several states, including Arizona, have enacted English-only legislation, within the past decade, impacting the schooling of students who are identified as English language learner (ELLS). As a result, ELLS in Arizona are assigned to a prescriptive program--apart from their fluent English-speaking peers--for 4 h a day, during a time "not…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, English (Second Language), Discourse Analysis, Second Language Learning
Guo, Qian; Koretz, Daniel – Educational Policy, 2013
The large number of limited English proficient (LEP) children in U.S. schools and the uncertainty about the impact of bilingual education versus English immersion on their achievement warrant rigorous investigation of the effects of "English immersion laws." We estimated the impact of "Question 2", the Massachusetts English…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Program Effectiveness, Reading Skills, Bilingual Education
Download full textViesca, Kara Mitchell – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2013
The paper presents a frame analysis of Massachusetts state policy regarding the education of multilingual learners and their teachers through the lens of critical race theory (CRT). My analysis suggests that even though current policy in Massachusetts is framed in terms of the overarching goals of educational quality and equality, in reality it…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, English Only Movement, Educational Policy, State Policy
Gort, Mileidis; de Jong, Ester J.; Cobb, Casey D. – Journal of Educational Research & Policy Studies, 2008
In 2002, Massachusetts voters passed Question 2, a law similar to its predecessors in California (Proposition 227) and Arizona (Proposition 203) to replace bilingual education with structured English immersion (SEI) programs. Using Ruiz's (1984) framework for language planning as an analytical lens, this study examined how three Massachusetts…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Monolingualism, English (Second Language), Bilingualism
Salinas, Roselia A. – Online Submission, 2006
The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) mandate has pushed the debate on how to educate the limited English proficient child to the forefront. Thus, criticism abounds in several states surrounding the effectiveness of bilingual education programs in our nation's public schools. The opponents state that bilingual education is not working; it is an…
Descriptors: Resentment, Federal Legislation, Instructional Effectiveness, Bilingual Education
Porter, Rosalie Pedalino, Ed.; Thomsen, Kerri Lynne, Ed. – Read Perspectives, 1996
The spring issue focuses on the evolution in the education of language minority students. Rosalie Pedalino Porter's article, "On the State of Bilingual Education 1990-1995: 'Forked Tongue' Continued," highlights the advances made by local school districts where students are being introduced to academic content learning in English at a…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, English Only Movement
Moore, Helen – 2000
This chapter uses the insights of Dorothy Smith and Anna Yeatman, both feminist scholars, to explore the nature of policy formation through two examples from Australia. Smith and Yeatman argue that all description is both biased and interested. The article documents how the values of pluralism and equity were not served well by Australian policy…
Descriptors: Case Studies, English Only Movement, English (Second Language), Federal Legislation
Amselle, Jorge, Ed. – 1996
This monograph is based on a conference on bilingual education held by the Center for Equal Opportunity (CEO) in September, 1995 in Washington, D.C. CEO made repeated attempts to secure speakers representing the pro-bilingual education viewpoint; the paper by Portes and Schauffler represents this view. Papers presented include: "Introduction:…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Court Litigation, English Only Movement, English (Second Language)
Purcell, John – 2002
California's Proposition 227 requires that all children be taught English by being taught in English. This proposition, which basically outlaws bilingual education, is the newest chapter in the history of how non-English speaking and limited English proficient (LEP) students should be educated. After presenting the historical, social, political,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Educational Legislation, Educational Policy
Literacy and Language Diversity in the United States. Language in Education: Theory and Practice 87.
Wiley, Terrence G. – 1996
This book was written for scholars, policymakers, and educators and provides both an introduction to issues in literacy and language diversity and compelling questions for those who work in the field. Based on national data, the extent of language diversity in the United States is explored; what is known about English literacy, native language…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Hall, Joan Kelly, Ed.; Eggington, William G., Ed. – 2000
Chapters in this volume include the following: "Policy and Ideology in the Spread of English" (James W. Tollefson); "Linguistic Human Rights and Teachers of English" (Tove Skutnabb-Kangas); "Official English and Bilingual Education: The Controversy over Language Pluralism in U.S. Society" (Susan J. Dicker); "Non-Native Varieties and the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, English Only Movement
Kibbee, Douglas A. Ed. – 1998
This edited volume of conference papers contains the following titles: "Presentation: Realism and Idealism in Language Conflict and Their Resolution" (Douglas A. Kibbee); "Legal and Linguistic Perspectives on Language Legislation" (Douglas A. Kibbee); "The Linguistic Rights of Non-English Speaking Suspects, Witnesses,…
Descriptors: African Languages, English Only Movement, Ethnic Groups, Federal Legislation
