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Massachusetts Department of Education, 2008
The Department of Education respectfully submits this "Report to the Legislature: English Language Acquisition Professional Development" pursuant to Chapter 61 of the Acts of 2007, line item 7027-1004, and pursuant to G.L c. 69s.1I, the Department of Education addressing several provisions. School district implementation of sheltered…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Bilingual Education, Second Language Learning, School Districts
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Gort, Mileidis; de Jong, Ester J.; Cobb, Casey D. – Journal of Educational Research & Policy Studies, 2008
In 2002, Massachusetts voters passed Question 2, a law similar to its predecessors in California (Proposition 227) and Arizona (Proposition 203) to replace bilingual education with structured English immersion (SEI) programs. Using Ruiz's (1984) framework for language planning as an analytical lens, this study examined how three Massachusetts…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Monolingualism, English (Second Language), Bilingualism