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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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Johnson, Eric J.; Johnson, David Cassels – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2015
In this paper, we compare the bilingual/language education policies of Arizona and Washington to show that state-level language policy plays a critical role in shaping the appropriation of federal language policy [No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), Title III] and how different state-level language policies impact the district level of policy…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Language of Instruction, State Policy, Bilingualism