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Download full textDoyle, Daniela; Kim, Juli; Hernandez-Cruz, Ismael – Public Impact, 2019
This is the third and last paper in a series published by the National Alliance in partnership with Public Impact, highlighting the experiences of school leaders in charter schools across the country. While the impact school leaders have on student performance has been well documented, there has been little attention to how leaders' experiences…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, School Administration, Minority Groups, African Americans
Direct linkAustin, Theresa; Willett, Jerri; Gebhard, Margaret; Montes, Agustin Lao – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2010
This article reports on a teacher education program's preparation of bilingual paraeducators during a period of conflicting educational reform of structured English immersion in Massachusetts. Drawing on nexus analysis of discourses (R. Scollon & S. W. Scollon, 2004), we discuss factors faced by Latino educators. These include competing…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Educational Change, Bilingualism
Wang, Kathleen – Learning Languages, 2009
This article describes the Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter School (PVCICS), a regional public charter school in western Massachusetts, which opened in 2007 and the only Chinese immersion school in New England. The school draws students from over twenty-five towns and cities in a predominantly rural area of Massachusetts that includes the…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, School Activities, Immersion Programs, Rural Areas
Nault, Dianne M. – Learning Languages, 2007
In immersion programs, language is not directly taught, but rather embedded into the content of a lesson. The target language is the medium of the lesson, not the object of the instruction. A story provides a language experience and encourages students to participate actively in the lesson. Children are also more apt to learn and retain ideas and…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Immersion Programs, Picture Books, American Indians
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
Peer reviewedMorgan, Agnes P. – Foreign Language Annals, 1990
Focuses on how students' mode of communication during their first year in a French immersion program evolved from implicit to explicit, physical to verbal, and simple to complex. The linguistic and psychological reasons behind the program's success are discussed and benefits to the students are described. (25 references) (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), French, Grade 1, Immersion Programs
Peer reviewedde Jong, Ester J. – Bilingual Research Journal, 2002
A Massachusetts two-way bilingual education program provides initial first-language (L1) literacy development for all students, teaches half of the curriculum in L1 and half in L2 by third grade, and selectively integrates native and non-native speakers of the target language. Both target groups meet academic and linguistic goals by fifth grade.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cultural Pluralism, Elementary Education, English
