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Baca, Evelyn C. – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2023
This qualitative case study explored the perspectives of school administrators on implementing structured English immersion (SEI) and dual-language bilingual education (DLBE) programs serving emergent bilingual learners at one urban Arizona elementary school. Using a sociocultural policy perspective, I analyzed findings from a series of interviews…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Professional Autonomy, Administrator Attitudes, State Policy
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Stoehr, Kathleen; Salazar, Fany; Civil, Marta – Teachers College Record, 2022
Background: Making mathematics connections between home and school can have a positive impact on students' mathematics learning. This is particularly important for students whose experiences and perspectives are underrepresented in school curricula. Although there is evidence for how crucial it is to make connections between mathematics…
Descriptors: Mothers, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Mathematics Instruction, Family School Relationship
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Kaveh, Yalda M.; Bernstein, Katie A.; Cervantes-Soon, Claudia; Rodriguez-Martinez, Sara; Mohamed, Saida – International Multilingual Research Journal, 2022
In spring 2019, without controversy or fanfare and without violating the voter mandate of Proposition 203, emergent bilinguals in Arizona were once again granted unrestricted access to dual language bilingual education after nearly 20 years. The policy change was accomplished through a seemingly small piece of legislation that reduced the daily…
Descriptors: Voting, Bilingualism, Access to Education, Bilingual Education
Lugo, Fred – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Researchers have estimated that by 2030, two of every five American public school students will be acquiring English as second language learners (Shah & Cavanagh, 2012). Providing adequate means by which ELLs can obtain both English language and academic proficiency will be paramount if they are to be successful, contributing members of their…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Immersion Programs
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Cruze, Angela; Cota, Meg; López, Francesca – Language Policy, 2019
In 2006, Arizona ELL Task Force implemented Structured English Immersion (SEI) within its public schools to educate emergent bilingual (EB) students. Although prior research has demonstrated limitations of SEI, we investigate whether institutionalization has improved its implementation and outcomes using coordinators' and teachers' responses from…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Immersion Programs, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Llamas-Flores, Silvia – ProQuest LLC, 2013
In 2007, Arizona voters passed House Bill (HB) 2064, a law that fundamentally restructured the Structured English Immersion (SEI) program, putting into place a 4-hour English language development (ELD) block for educating English language learners (ELLs). Under this new language policy, ELL students are segregated from their English-speaking peers…
Descriptors: State Legislation, Language Usage, English Language Learners, English Instruction
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Newcomer, Sarah N.; Collier, Lizabeth C. – International Multilingual Research Journal, 2015
Sharing the findings from two qualitative case studies, analyzed together, this article examines various ways educators, both elementary teachers and teacher educators, exercise agency in their interpretation and implementation of Arizona's model of Structured English Immersion (SEI), a 4-hour English Language Development (ELD) block, which…
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Qualitative Research
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Jiménez-Castellanos, Oscar; Blanchard, Jay; Atwill, Kim; Jiménez-Silva, Margarita – International Multilingual Research Journal, 2014
This study examined beginning English literacy-skill development and achievement among Spanish-speaking children enrolled in state-mandated English-only classrooms. The children possessed Spanish skill at or above age-appropriate level, yet minimal English skill, and came from a Spanish-speaking community adjacent to the U.S.-Mexico border. Under…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Bilingualism, Reading Fluency, English (Second Language)
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Lawton, Stephen B. – American Journal of Education, 2012
This historical case study focuses on policy making at the state level by analyzing the development of a new policy for English language learners (ELLs) in Arizona. "New institutionalism" is used as a framework, with political culture and educational regimes acting as environmental factors affecting state policy choices. Key events…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Policy Formation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Rios-Aguilar, Cecilia; Gonzalez Canche, Manuel S.; Moll, Luis C. – Teachers College Record, 2012
Background/Context: Arizona's most recent English Language Learner (ELL) legislation, starting in the school year 2008-2009, requires all such students be educated through a specific Structured English Immersion (SEI) model: the 4-hour English Language Development (ELD) block. The basic premise behind this particular model is that ELL students…
Descriptors: Limited English Speaking, English Language Learners, School Districts, Models
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Rios-Aguilar, Cecilia; Gonzalez Canche, Manuel S.; Moll, Luis C. – Teachers College Record, 2012
Background/Context: In September 2007, the Arizona State Board of Education adopted the Structured English Immersion (SEI) model proposed by the Arizona English Language Learner (ELL) Task Force.During the 2008-2009 academic year, it required all school districts to implement the SEI model.The SEI program, best known as the 4-hour English Language…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Educational Opportunities, Educational Quality, English (Second Language)
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Lillie, Karen E.; Markos, Amy; Arias, M. Beatriz; Wiley, Terrence G. – Teachers College Record, 2012
Background/Context: Over the last ten years, a convergence of laws and decrees has impacted the development and implementation of Arizona's current program for English language learners (ELLs): the four-hour Structured English Immersion (SEI) model. Arizona's new model, while being touted by some as the most effective program for ELLs (Clark,…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Compensatory Education, English (Second Language), English Language Learners
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Johnson, Eric J. – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2011
This discussion emphasizes the importance of collaborative learning methods to compensate for the legal restrictions placed on school districts by Arizona's anti-bilingual education law, Proposition 203. Grounded in Vygotsky's sociocultural theory of learning, peerlingual education is described as an invaluable resource based on the linguistic…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Classroom Communication, Bilingual Education, Cooperative Learning
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Honigsfeld, Andrea – Kappa Delta Pi Record, 2009
Rising immigration in the United States has been accompanied by growth in the number of children from homes where a language other than English is spoken. Of utmost national concern is to provide the best possible program models and educational opportunities to address the diverse needs of this growing group of students. This article provides an…
Descriptors: Models, Bilingual Education, Second Language Learning, Educational Opportunities
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Lopez, Francesca – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2010
Perception of scholastic competence, perception of educational opportunities, motivation, and acculturative stress are student level variables that have been established in the relevant literature as predicting academic achievement. This study examined the degree to which those variables accurately predict student group membership in two districts…
Descriptors: Group Membership, Student Attitudes, Bilingual Education, Academic Achievement
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