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Helen Chan Hill; Kevin M. Wong – Bilingual Research Journal, 2024
Fifty years after the Lau decision, dual-language programs face critical challenges, particularly a national teacher shortage, especially in bilingual programs representing less commonly taught languages like Mandarin Chinese. This study explores the workplace environments of 13 Mandarin Dual Language Bilingual Education (MDLBE) teachers in a…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Barriers, Humanization
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Zhongfeng Tian; Kevin M. Wong – Language Policy, 2024
This study examined how three champion principals of Asian language dual language bilingual education (DLBE) programs--Cantonese, Korean, and Mandarin--in California have navigated the oscillating language-in-education policies after the Lau decision. We explored principals' various roles through a lens of agency in a social justice leadership…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Bilingual Education Programs, Asian Americans, Advocacy
Salamanca, Anthony J. – 1974
This position paper gives the results of informal surveys carried out by the Bilingual-Bicultural Task Force of the California State Department of Education. Only 60 to 65% of the teachers in the state bilingual programs are judged bilingual and 50% bilingual-biliterate. Almost all of the teacher aides are judged bilingual, and a large percentage…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Biculturalism, Bilingual Education