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Fetman, Lisa J. – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2018
Despite scant empirical support, Arizona's restrictive language policy (Proposition 203, 2000) sustains as a result of the veneer of democracy (a political strategy that projects equitable inclinations while shielding inequitable ideologies). This article compares findings from an ethnographic study of one linguistically diverse Arizona high…
Descriptors: Public Policy, Language Planning, Democracy, State Legislation
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Dryden-Peterson, Sarah; Reddick, Celia – European Education, 2017
This article explores how resettled refugees' aspirations cultivated through education collide with postschooling realities. We find that post-graduation barriers of financial insecurity, housing insecurity, violence and discrimination, and lack of critical awareness of unequal opportunity structures stand in the way of resettlement aspirations.…
Descriptors: Refugees, Land Settlement, Barriers, Financial Problems
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Dolowy-Rybinska, Nicole – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2016
This article is based on long-term participant observation and interviews with pupils and graduates of the Diwan immersion high school in Brittany, France. With reference to the theory of "communities of practice," this article shows how the education in the Breton immersion school can influence a knowledge of the minority language and…
Descriptors: Language Attitudes, Community Involvement, Self Concept, Indo European Languages
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Dávila, Liv Thorstensson – TESL-EJ, 2015
This article examines high school teachers' engagement of newcomer English learner students' prior knowledge. Three central research questions guided this study: 1) To what extent do teachers function as mediators of their students' prior knowledge? 2) What goes into teachers' thinking about how and when to elicit prior knowledge? and 3) How do…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Second Language Learning, High School Students, Secondary School Teachers
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Malsbary, Christine Brigid – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2014
This ethnographic investigation of a multiethnic, multilingual classroom examines the ways in which immigrant students' goals for community and belonging were mediated by their vibrant cultural and linguistic practices. Findings demonstrate how youth formed a community of practice through brokering acts, resource pooling, and linguistic play…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Acculturation, Ethnography, Multilingualism
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Jaffe-Walter, Reva – Teachers College Record, 2008
Context: Networks are seen as important vehicles for educators' professional development because they provide opportunities for educators to develop their teaching and leadership capacities and establish forums for educator resistance. Networks that also function as intermediary organizations provide spaces in which educators and network leaders…
Descriptors: Case Studies, High Schools, Public Schools, Educational Policy