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The Education of English Learners in California Following the Passage of Proposition 227: A Case Study of an Urban School District
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Matas, Amanda; Rodríguez, James L. – Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education, 2014
This paper focuses on the implementation of Proposition 227 and its impact on the education of English learners in California's K-12 public schools since its passage in 1998. The paper begins with an examination of the sociopolitical context surrounding the proposition and its implementation. The implementation of the new law is then discussed,…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Bilingual Education, State Legislation, Educational Change
"English for the Children": The New Literacy of the Old World Order, Language Policy and Educational Reform.
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Gutierrez, Kris D.; Asato, Jolynn; Baquedano-Lopez, Patricia – Bilingual Research Journal, 2000
A qualitative study examined how three urban California school districts and teachers in three case study classrooms interpreted and implemented Proposition 227. School district implementation varied according to district language ideology. Nevertheless, English only policy and accompanying highly scripted reading reforms stripped teachers of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Case Studies, Educational Change, Educational Practices
Promoting Bilingualism in the Era of Unz: Making Sense of the Gap between Research, Policy and Practice in Teacher Education.
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Katz, Susan – 2000
This paper was written as a response to the political debate in California regarding the proper role of bilingual education in the state's kindergarten through high school public school system. Specifically, it examines, in light of the positions and prescriptions of Proposition 227 (an initiative holding that all California students be taught…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingual Teachers, Case Studies, Chinese Americans