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Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Quincy. Bureau of Equal Educational Opportunity. – 1990
This report describes four urban elementary schools in Massachusetts that provide integrated two-way bilingual education to linguistic minority and majority students. Properly designed and implemented, two-way bilingual programs offer a language-rich environment with high expectations for every student in a climate of cross-cultural respect.…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Intercultural Programs
Ramirez, J. David; And Others – 1985
Existing programs using language immersion strategies for teaching language-minority children in the United States are described. In those programs, instruction is conducted in English at a level understood by the limited-English-speaking students, the teacher is bilingual in the non-English home language, the teacher generally speaks only in…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Educational Strategies, English (Second Language), Federal Programs
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Clyne, Michael – Babel: Journal of the Australian Federation of Modern Language Teachers Associations, 1983
A recently developed primary school German immersion program for a German community is described and its development from Canadian examples is discussed. The program is a composite of immersion, bilingual, and second language models. Early reaction is highly favorable, although the program will not be fully evaluated for a few years. (MSE)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Educational Demand, Foreign Countries, German
New Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. – 1989
The guide is designed to assist school districts in designing and implementing programs to: (1) meet the needs of limited-English-proficient (LEP) students; and (2) be in compliance with state statutes and regulations. The guidelines are presented in seven sections, the first six corresponding to the sections of the program plan that must be…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Language Tests
Berney, Tomi D.; Rosenberg, Jan – 1989
The 1988 Summer Bilingual Program served 1,171 ninth- through twelfth-graders with limited English proficiency (LEP) at 10 New York City sites. Designed especially for the substantial number of LEP students who were overage for their grade, the program offered 14 English as a Second Language (ESL) and 17 bilingual content area classes in science,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, English (Second Language), History, Limited English Speaking
Arizona State Dept. of Education, Phoenix. – 1999
The report compiles information on Arizona's public school programs serving limited-English-proficient (LEP) students, including both bilingual education and English-as-a-Second-Language programs, as mandated by state law. It contains data submitted by school districts, schools, and charter schools concerning primary home language identification,…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Bilingual Education Programs, Charter Schools, Elementary Secondary Education
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1990
The final phase of a three-phase study of bilingual education and English as a Second Language (ESL) programs in 144 Texas school districts is reported. The study was conducted from 1985-86 to 1988-89 through site visits and interviews with administrators and teachers. Descriptive data for six schools, selected for the effectiveness of their…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Bilingual Education Programs, Computer Uses in Education
Anstrom, Kris; Silcox, Barbara – 1997
In many school districts, particularly large urban districts, there has been an increase in the number of language minority students and in the linguistic and sociocultural diversity of these students. Historically, programs that served these students tended to operate and be administered separately from the mainstream program. Recent federal…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Change Strategies
Berney, Tomi D.; Carey, Cecilia – 1989
The Computer-Assisted Bilingual/Bicultural Multiskills Project completed its first year of an extension grant. The program used computerized and non-computerized instruction to help 109 native speakers of Haitian Creole/French and Spanish, most of whom were recent immigrants, develop English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) native language, and content…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Attendance, Bilingual Education Programs, Biology
Berney, Tomi D.; Watson, Heriberto – 1989
In its fifth year of funding, Project TRIUNFE served 413 limited-English-proficient speakers of Spanish, French/Haitian Creole, Asian languages, and Polish at John Jay High School in Brooklyn. The program's aim was to supplement the high school's transitional bilingual education program, emphasizing computer instruction, partial English immersion,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Computer Science Education, Counseling Services, Curriculum Development