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The Fiftyfication of Dual Language Education: One-Size-Fits-All Language Allocation's "Equality" and "Practicality" Eclipsing a History of Equity
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Freire, Juan A.; Delavan, M. Garrett – Language Policy, 2021
The rising popularity of dual language education programs resembles gentrification in policy spaces where the influx of privileged newcomers coincides with some form of pushing out of the former beneficiaries or their interests, which can include the promotion or exclusion of certain program models. Using critical discourse analysis, we examined…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Equal Education, State Policy, Language Planning
The Expropriation of Dual Language Bilingual Education: Deconstructing Neoliberalism, Whitestreaming, and English-Hegemony
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Freire, Juan A.; Gambrell, James; Kasun, G. Sue; Dorner, Lisa M.; Cervantes-Soon, Claudia – International Multilingual Research Journal, 2022
A growing body of research has demonstrated that neoliberal discourses have negatively impacted dual language bilingual education (DLBE) for students designated as English learners. This study uses the concept of expropriation to refer to the co-opting and dispossessing of educational resources, opportunities, and rights from language-minoritized…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Web Sites, State Policy, Discourse Analysis
Grassroots Resistance and Activism to One-Size-Fits-All and Separate-but-Equal Policies by 90:10 Dual Language Schools en comunidades Latinas
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Freire, Juan A.; Delavan, M. Garrett; Valdez, Verónica E. – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2022
Bilingual education--chiefly the subcategory of dual language bilingual education--has been undergoing a pattern where the interests of language-minoritized communities have in several contexts been pushed out of the way. One aspect of this gentrification process has been the "fiftyfication" of dual language bilingual education policy,…
Descriptors: Activism, Bilingual Schools, Bilingual Education, Educational Policy
The Danger of the Dual-Language Enrichment Narrative: Educator Discourses Constructing Exclusionary Participation Structures in Bilingual Education
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Henderson, Kathryn I. – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2019
Researchers have identified inequities in dual-language bilingual education (DLBE) student participation, and with large-scale DLBE expansion, equitable student access is an increasingly important issue. In this study, I used a multimethod, multisite, comparative analysis to critically examine educator discourses addressing student participation…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Equal Education, Access to Education, Comparative Analysis
The Marketing of Dual Language Education Policy in Utah Print Media
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Valdez, Verónica E.; Delavan, Garrett; Freire, Juan A. – Educational Policy, 2016
We argue the emergence of a shift in U.S. language education policy discourses from an equity/heritage (EH) framework focused on equity for English learners and non-English heritage languages, toward a global human capital (GHC) framework linked to neoliberal considerations of the language skills of individuals and nations. This discursive shift…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Content Analysis, Outreach Programs, Institutional Advancement
Language as Whose Resource?: When Global Economics Usurp the Local Equity Potentials of Dual Language Education
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Delavan, M. Garrett; Valdez, Verónica E.; Freire, Juan A. – International Multilingual Research Journal, 2017
Utah's public schools are home to an increasing number of K/1-6 dual language (DL) programs established through a state-centralized model that has sparked interest domestically and internationally. We theorize three potential constituencies of DL--maintenance, heritage, and world language--then use critical discourse analysis to examine how…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Discourse Analysis, Public Schools, Elementary School Students
Dual Language Learners: A Demographic and Policy Profile for Utah. Fact Sheet
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Park, Maki; O'Toole, Anna; Katsiaficas, Caitlin – Migration Policy Institute, 2017
This fact sheet provides demographic information for the young Dual Language Learner (DLL) population in Utah, based on Migration Policy Institute (MPI) analysis of U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) data pooled over the 2011-15 period. DLLs, defined as children ages 8 and under with at least one parent who speaks a language other…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Child Care, Federal Aid, Grants