ERIC Number: ED639193
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2023-Aug
Pages: 93
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Racial, Linguistic, and Economic Diversity across Schools with Two-Way Dual Language Immersion Programs: Evidence from Los Angeles Unified School District. EdWorkingPaper No. 23-822
Sarah Asson; Erica Frankenberg; Clémence Darriet; Lucrecia Santibañez; Claudia Cervantes-Soon; Francesca López
Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
Two-way dual language immersion programs (TWDL) aim to integrate English speakers and speakers of a partner language in the same classroom to receive content instruction in both languages. Stated goals include bilingualism and biliteracy, high academic achievement, and sociocultural competence. In school districts aiming to reduce segregation, TWDL programs can also integrate students from diverse linguistic, racial, and economic backgrounds, though mounting evidence shows equitable integration does not always happen. Using school-level enrollments and district data on TWDL program growth from 2000 to 2021, this paper describes enrollment and segregation patterns across Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) elementary schools with TWDL. We find elementary schools with TWDL programs are enrolling increasing numbers of racially, linguistically, and economically marginalized students, but the increasingly uneven sorting of students among TWDL schools demonstrates limits on the potential for intergroup contact.
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Language of Instruction, Student Diversity, Elementary School Students, Minority Group Students, English Language Learners, Racial Segregation, Socioeconomic Status, Educational Discrimination, Court Litigation, Desegregation Litigation, Hispanic American Students, Civil Rights, Urban Schools, Limited English Speaking
Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University. Brown University Box 1985, Providence, RI 02912. Tel: 401-863-7990; Fax: 401-863-1290; e-mail: AISR_Info@brown.edu; Web site: http://www.annenberginstitute.org
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Spencer Foundation
Authoring Institution: Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
Identifiers - Location: California (Los Angeles)
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Mendez v Westminster; Lau v Nichols
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