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Download full textOliva-Olson, Carola – Urban Institute, 2019
Dual language learners make up an increasing share of preschool students, but they often perform worse than monolingual students on assessments measuring school achievement. This study compares Head Start classrooms implementing either the dual language model or the English with home language support model. The author examines how the models…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Preschool Education, Early Intervention, Bilingual Education
Peer reviewedBarrow, Lisa; Markman-Pithers, Lisa – Future of Children, 2016
Simply put, children with poor English skills are less likely to succeed in school and beyond. What's the best way to teach English to young children who aren't native English speakers? In this article, Lisa Barrow and Lisa Markman-Pithers examine the state of English learner education in the United States and review the evidence behind different…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Teaching Methods, Bilingualism, Bilingual Education
Direct linkPark, 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 Florida, 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…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Limited English Speaking, Preschool Children
Fleischman, Howard L. – 1988
This document describes various models of vocational training directed specifically at adults with limited English proficiency (LEP). An introduction explains how the information was obtained (through interviews with staff and officials at state agencies that administer such programs in six states). Section 2 presents a conceptual framework of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Bilingual Education Programs
Fleischman, Howard L.; Willette, JoAnne – 1988
This document presents the major findings from a study of vocational training and other employment-related services for adults and out-of-school youth with limited English proficiency (LEP). An introduction describes the study and its purposes. Chapter 2 presents estimates and projections of the LEP population to the year 2000 and describes this…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Bilingual Education Programs
Fleischman, Howard L.; And Others – 1988
This document contains the results of case studies of programs and policies relative to vocational training and other employment-related services for adults with limited English proficiency (LEP). Data were collected from officials and staff at state agencies that administer vocational educational programs in Arizona, California, Florida,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Bilingual Education Programs
Adams, Brian F. – 1987
A school on Florida's west-central coast was selected as the site for the Language Intensive Lab Accelerated Classroom (LILAC) program which was developed to address the need for a county-wide, objective-based educational program for non-English proficient (NEP) and limited-English proficient (LEP) Hispanic children in grades K-2. The number of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Dropouts, Educational Finance
