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Nicole Russo-Ponsaran; Ashley Karls; Dennis Sotelo Martinez; Allison Wainer; Sandra Barrueco – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2023
Background: The number of English learner (EL) students has been steadily increasing within the United States and currently includes more than 5M students. The National Education Association (2020) estimated that by 2025, nearly 25% of all learners will be EL students. Curricula, interventions, and assessments for both diagnostic and academic…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Community Involvement, Student Recruitment, Spanish
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Martin-Beltrán, Melinda; Guzman, Natalia L.; Chen, Pei-Jie Jenny – Language Awareness, 2017
As linguistic diversity is increasing in schools worldwide, research is needed to examine how to modify teaching and learning contexts in response to emerging multilingual students' different needs. Grounded in sociocultural theory, this study examined how teachers used discourse differently to respond to diverse students' needs as they…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Teaching Methods, Spanish, English (Second Language)
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Martin-Beltrán, Melinda – International Multilingual Research Journal, 2014
This study investigated how students learning English and students learning Spanish activated multilingual repertoires as they participated in one high school program that aimed to promote reciprocal learning and teaching of multilingual literacy practices. Grounded in sociocultural theory, we examined how students drew upon Spanish, English, and…
Descriptors: High School Students, Second Language Learning, Multilingualism, English
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Martin, Peter Clyde – Current Issues in Education, 2015
The article discusses how instead of being parts of a concerted educational reform effort, No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and the development of charter schools are in fact contradictory initiatives. Basing itself on a theoretical framework that brings together issues inherent to outcome-based school reform and arguments supporting and criticizing…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Educational Change, Charter Schools