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National Academies Press, 2011
As the United States continues to be a nation of immigrants and their children, the nation's school systems face increased enrollments of students whose primary language is not English. With the 2001 reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) in the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), the allocation of federal funds for…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Immigrants, Second Language Learning, Limited English Speaking
Krashen, Stephen D. – 1999
An expert on second language acquisition examines and refutes five commonly offered arguments against bilingual education: (1) it is responsible for the high Hispanic dropout rate; (2) most immigrants succeed without bilingual education; (3) the United States is the only nation that has bilingual education; (4) bilingual education failed in…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Dropout Rate, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
McKay, Sandra Lee – 1993
A discussion of second language literacy (SLL) looks at various contexts in which language minorities in the United States attempt to become literate in English, and the effects of conflicting agendas on the individual and the second language classroom. Six areas influencing literacy agendas are discussed. In the first chapter, differing concepts…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Economic Factors, Educational History, Educational Policy