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Direct linkCallahan, Rebecca M.; Shifrer, Dara – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2016
Purpose: English learner (EL) education policy has long directed schools to address EL students' linguistic "and" academic development without furthering inequity or segregation. The recent Every Student Succeeds Act reauthorization expresses a renewed focus on evidence of equity, effectiveness, and opportunity to learn. We propose that…
Descriptors: Equal Education, High School Students, English Language Learners, Course Selection (Students)
Dabach, Dafney Blanca – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2014
This study investigates how teachers interact with immigrant-origin youth in school-based contexts of reception that mediate youth's educational opportunities. One understudied context is sheltered instruction, where English learners (ELs) are placed into separate content-area courses to target their linguistic needs. This qualitative study…
Descriptors: Student Experience, Classroom Environment, English Language Learners, Teacher Attitudes
Schwartz, Louis – 1990
The paper examines the continuing overrepresentation of minorities in special education programs for the mildly handicapped and their underrepresentation in programs for the gifted and talented. Alternative policy strategies are presented for advocates and decision makers concerned with reducing the increasing racial and ethnic disparities in…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Court Litigation, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textCommission on Civil Rights, Washington, DC. – 1997
This report focuses on issues relating to the development and implementation of educational programs for and placement of national origin minority students identified as having limited English proficiency. It examines the present-day barriers that prevent students with limited English proficiency from having an equal opportunity to participate in…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Civil Rights Legislation, Compliance (Legal), Elementary Secondary Education
Cornejo, Ricardo; Nadeau, Adel – 1978
This is the first in a series of papers on research, development, and training for bilingual/multicultural education. The first two sections of the paper describe Task Force findings specifying remedies available for eliminating past educational practices ruled unlawful under Lau v Nichols, particularly the section dealing with identification of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Court Litigation
Walling, Donovan R. – 1993
Frequently-asked questions about English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instruction are posed and answered. Questions address the following: the goals of ESL instruction; how ESL differs from bilingual education; how students needing ESL are identified; where interpreters are found; the "Lau Decision"; how to find out how much English the…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Standards, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teacher Aides
