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Lowenhaupt, Rebecca; Bradley, Sarah; Dallas, Joi – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2020
In US public schools, linguistic diversity is growing rapidly with an increasing number of students who are learning English. Federal and state policies lay the foundation for language acquisition through (re)classification processes for English Learners (ELs). However, the classification process runs the risk of establishing separate services for…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Student Diversity, Language Usage, English Language Learners
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Culbertson, Shelly; Kaufman, Julia H.; Kramer, Jenna W.; Phillips, Brian – RAND Corporation, 2021
Migration over the U.S. southwest border in the past decade has been composed of growing numbers of undocumented and asylum-seeking families and children from Mexico and Central America, with larger increases starting in fiscal year (FY) 2017. By U.S. law, states must provide education to all children, regardless of immigration status. Yet…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Access to Education, Educational Policy, State Policy
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Reyes, Augustina H. – Peabody Journal of Education, 2010
In August 2005, Hurricane Katrina displaced the largest number of public school children ever affected by any disaster. Approximately 370,000 children, including 15,000 Latino/Hispanic children from Louisiana, were scattered throughout the 48 U.S. states (Landrieu, 2010; Louisiana Department of Education, 2004). Although much of the media…
Descriptors: Politics of Education, Immigrants, Immigration, At Risk Persons
Batten, James K. – Southern Educ Rep, 1969
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Desegregation Plans, Federal Government, Government Role
Office for Civil Rights (ED), Washington, DC. – 1995
This brochure, entirely in Spanish, provides information on federal policy concerning equal educational opportunity for limited-English-proficient (LEP) individuals. It first summarizes the provisions of Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and the subsequent major Civil Rights Office directives concerning that legislation. It then outlines…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Civil Rights, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Office for Civil Rights (ED), Washington, DC. – 1998
The policy of the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights concerning the education of limited-English-proficient (LEP) students in elementary and secondary schools is outlined, based on the requirements of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Title VI protects students who are limited in their English language skills to the extent…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Eligibility