Highlights instructional practices in four California newcomer schools designed to address newly arrived immigrant students' instructional needs. Observations of the schools indicated effective instructional practices for that student population were not being used in most of the newcomer classrooms, despite a strong commitment to support and…

Literacy is a major focus of attention in the education of linguistically and culturally diverse youth. The article focuses on identifying literature that impacts the literacy processes of secondary school students, highlighting studies that suggest a vision of literacy as empowerment for bilingual and limited English proficient students. (SM)

In light of the continuing debate surrounding bilingual education, there has been a renewed interest to examine the perceptions and views on the subject from various constituents. The purpose of this study was to examine the group who is the target of and most affected by this controversy--English language learners. The study surveyed 280 Latino…

A 2-year bilingual vocational education program in the Richmond (Virginia) area for language-minority secondary school students is profiled. The students are generally limited-English-speaking refugees, and the program is designed to prepare them for educational mainstreaming or transition to jobs. Incoming students (61 in 1990-91) are assessed…

Project BETA (Bilingual Education Talented Academy), a program of the New York City Public Schools, served (in 1990-91) 342 talented and gifted high school students who were classified as limited English proficient. The project provided instruction in English as a Second Language and Native Language Arts, and offered bilingual instruction in…

The Bilingual Academic and Career Orientation Program (BACOP) at George Washington High School in New York City is a basic bilingual secondary education program with a career orientation focus. In 1981-82, the program offered bilingual instructional and supportive services to 250 Hispanic students of limited English proficiency in grades nine…

A Navajo/English bilingual program uses the student's knowledge of his first language, offers the opportunity to speak in two languages, and helps the student move from the home experience to the school experience. It gives instruction in content materials to all students either in English or in Navajo and direct language instruction in both…

In its second year of operation, Project PROBE (Professions Oriented Bilingual Education) experienced difficulty in meeting some of its instructional objectives. The project had sought to provide instructional and supportive services to 200 Spanish-speaking students from Latin America at Louis D. Brandeis High School (Manhattan, New York) and to…

Project CAREERS is a Title VII bilingual program operating at three Queens, New York high schools (William C. Bryant, John Bourne, and Hillcrest). The program provides intensive instruction in English as a second language (ESL), native language arts, and bilingual instruction in mathematics, science, and social studies to Hispanic, Chinese, and…

Project BACIS provides instructional, resource, and supportive services for recent immigrants from Cambodia, Haiti, and Vietnam at three New York City high schools (Christopher Columbus, Samuel J. Tilden, and Walton). At each site, students received instruction in English as a second language (ESL). Although the project proposed that both native…

In 1984-85, the Bilingual Program of New York City's Erasmus Hall High School was in its second year of a 3-year funding cycle, and served 220 students of limited English proficiency (LEP). The program population included 190 Haitian students, in addition to 21 Hispanic, eight Asian, and one Middle Eastern student. All program participants…

In 1984-85, Project CAPABLE was in its final year of a 3-year funding cycle at schools in New York City. The program provided instruction in English as a second language, native language arts, bilingual science, and bilingual social studies to 324 Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese-speaking students of limited English proficiency (LEP) in Grades 9…

This report describes a demonstration project whose instructional design implemented sociolinguistic concepts in bilingual education and compared two approaches, the New Concurrent and the Language Separation approaches. The first section is a review of research studies concerning this instructional design. The second, third, and fourth sections…

The paper, originally given at a 1986 Ethnic and Multicultural Symposium, reports the findings of school-based research in California to identify effective bilingual special education programs and instructional practices. The educational program at one model site (Azusa Unified School District) is described including the elementary school…

The Vocational and High School Equivalency Bilingual Program is a basic bilingual secondary education program conducted at Park West High school in New York, New York. The program helps limited English proficiency (LEP) students develop their English language skills so that they can participate effectively in mainstream classes and prepare to take…