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Download full textHaj-Broussard, Michelle – Research Issues in Contemporary Education, 2018
At the time of the demise of bilingual education in California via Proposition 227, Chueng and Drabkin (1999) discussed the unchecked prevalence of poorly run bilingual programs and the apathetic administrators who provided inadequate oversight in terms of ensuring program quality. Proponents of dual language immersion programs hope to avoid this…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Bilingual Education Programs, Immersion Programs, Second Language Learning
Direct linkRios-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
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
Mora, Jill Kerper – Online Submission, 2010
This article is an analysis of the educational implications of the Supreme Court (USSC) decision in "Horne v. Flores" (2009). The USSC remanded the Arizona case to the lower court, requiring a rehearing of petitioners' request for relief from the court's oversight of AZ's "structured English immersion" (SEI) program mandated…
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, English (Second Language), Court Litigation, Federal Courts
Lillie, Karen E.; Markos, Amy; Estrella, Alexandria; Nguyen, Tracy; Trifiro, Anthony; Arias, M. Beatriz; Wiley, Terrence G.; Peer, Karisa; Perez, Karla – Civil Rights Project / Proyecto Derechos Civiles, 2010
This study examines the implementation and organization of the state mandated curriculum in the 4-hour SEI block in 18 K-12 classrooms in 5 different districts. We focus on the effects of grouping by language proficiency, the delivery of the structure-based ESL curriculum, the provision of resources and limiting of access to grade-level…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Proficiency, State Standards, Delivery Systems
Parrish, Thomas B.; Merickel, Amy; Perez, Maria; Linquanti, Robert; Socias, Miguel; Spain, Angeline; Speroni, Cecilia; Esra, Phil; Brock, Leslie; Delancey, Danielle – American Institutes for Research, 2006
In June of 1998, Proposition 227 was passed by 61 percent of the California electorate. The initiative was intended to significantly alter the ways in which the state's English learners (ELs) are taught. Proposition 227 requires that ELs be taught "overwhelmingly in English" through sheltered/structured English immersion (SEI) programs…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Immersion Programs, English (Second Language)
