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Demanding More: Legal Standards and Best Practices for English Language Learners
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Haas, Eric; Gort, Mileidis – Bilingual Research Journal, 2009
In the current english-only programs in California, Arizona, and Massachusetts only a small percentage of students are learning English and subject matter content. This violates the success in practice prong of "Castaneda v. Pickard" (1981). Further, these program failures bolster the claim that these programs also violate castaneda's…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), English Only Movement
Effective Bilingual Education: From Theory to Academic Achievement in a Two-Way Bilingual Program.
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de Jong, Ester J. – Bilingual Research Journal, 2002
A Massachusetts two-way bilingual education program provides initial first-language (L1) literacy development for all students, teaches half of the curriculum in L1 and half in L2 by third grade, and selectively integrates native and non-native speakers of the target language. Both target groups meet academic and linguistic goals by fifth grade.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cultural Pluralism, Elementary Education, English
Dueling Models of Dual Language Instruction: A Critical Review of the Literature and Program Implementation Guide.
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Mora, Jill Kerper; Wink, Joan; Wink, Dawn – Bilingual Research Journal, 2001
Describes dual language instruction models, and presents a paradigm for examining congruence among theoretical models, teacher beliefs, and actual classroom practices to determine program effectiveness. Examples illustrate implementation pitfalls. Analysis of Proposition 227 finds it to be a decontextualized procedural model; it has an incoherent…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Criticism, Educational Principles, Educational Theories
Exito Bilingue: Promoting Spanish Literacy in a Dual Language Immersion Program.
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Smith, Patrick H.; Arnot-Hopffer, Elizabeth – Bilingual Research Journal, 1998
Teachers in a Spanish/English dual language elementary school in Tucson (Arizona) promote Spanish literacy using a school-designed program. The schoolwide, nonscripted program has been successful in supporting the transfer of reading skills from Spanish to English and in including special education students in dual language schooling. (Contains 33…
Descriptors: Bilingual Schools, Educational Practices, Elementary Education, Elementary Schools
Bilingual Language Use in Hispanic Young Adults: Did Elementary Bilingual Programs Help?
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Hasson, Deborah J. – Bilingual Research Journal, 2006
This descriptive study of language use examined the extent to which bilingual Hispanic young adults used their two languages in varying aspects of their lives and analyzed the extent to which they maintained the use of Spanish in these domains. A convenience sample of 202 undergraduate, Hispanic university students completed the Language and…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Language of Instruction, Hispanic American Students, Undergraduate Students
Raise a Child, Not a Test Score: Perspectives on Bilingual Education at Davis Bilingual Magnet School.
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Smith, Patrick H.; Arnot-Hopffer, Elizabeth; Carmichael, Catherine M.; Murphy, Ellen; Valle, Anna; Gonzalez, Norma; Poveda, Angelica – Bilingual Research Journal, 2002
A case study of Davis Bilingual Magnet School in Tucson (Arizona) observed and interviewed teachers, parents, students, and community members. The school's success results from strong community support and an educational environment that privileges Spanish. Although Davis students do well on standardized tests, the school's greatest pride comes…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Schools, Bilingualism, Case Studies