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At the Intersection of Culture, Bilingualism, and Mathematics: Breaking Language Norms in a Seventh-Grade Dual-Language Classroom for Biliteracy Development
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Garza Ayala, A. – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2022
As it is a common practice in Dual Language Education (DLE) classrooms throughout the United States, language separation tends to be a planning policy that is usually enforced by curriculum designers, school administrators, and bilingual teachers. However, research has shown that DLE teachers and students have the potential of teaching and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Mathematics Instruction, Grade 7, Multiple Literacies
A Case Study of Leadership Practices in a Dual Language Program
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Olivia Almanza – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate the perception of the principal and teachers regarding what transformational leadership practices meet the needs of EBs in a DLI PK-8th grade campus in South Texas. The research site was selected for having 40% emergent bilingual students. The campus principal has been implementing a…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Transformational Leadership
Advancing Bilingual Special Education: Translanguaging in Content-Based Story Retells for Distinguishing Language Difference from Disability
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Przymus, Steve Daniel; Alvarado, Manuel – Multiple Voices for Ethnically Diverse Exceptional Learners, 2019
Many existing assessments for deciding the potential special education needs of emergent bilingual youth are either normed on monolingual students or normed on bilingual students through monolingual data collection (Hamayan, Marler, Sánchez-López, & Damico, 2013; Otheguy, García, & Reid, 2015; Perkins, 2005). To address this issue, we…
Descriptors: Special Education, Student Needs, Bilingual Students, Translation
Differences in Extracurricular Activity Participation Intensity among Middle School Students: Implications for Hispanic Youths
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Villarreal, Victor – Journal of At-Risk Issues, 2017
Extracurricular activity participation has been associated with a multitude of positive outcomes, including school completion, and research suggests that students at risk for school failure are particularly likely to benefit from participation. However, before extracurricular activity participation can be promoted to address such issues,…
Descriptors: Extracurricular Activities, Middle School Students, Hispanic American Students, Early Adolescents
Academic Achievement Outcomes of Latino English-Language Learners in Texas: A Longitudinal Analysis. Policy Brief
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Ren, Han; Cawthon, Stephanie; Wiseman, Amy – Texas Education Research Center, 2016
Texas has one of the highest populations of English Language Learners (ELLs) in the country, with a complex system for ELL identification, program placement, and high-stakes assessment. Spanish-speaking Latino ELLs represent a large proportion of this population in the state of Texas. The long-term academic achievement of ELLs identified in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Outcomes of Education, English Language Learners, Second Language Learning
Connecting Worlds/Mundos Unidos Project: End-of-Year Report, 2007-2008
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Ciriza, Frank – Online Submission, 2008
This report presents information on the Connecting Worlds/Mundos Unidos Project and provides a general comparison overview of accomplishments during its five years of operation. The Connecting Worlds/Mundos Unidos Project has been operating in the El Paso Independent School District (EPISD) for eleven years, but in the present format as a Jacob K.…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Immersion Programs, Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests