ERIC Number: ED630499
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2023-May-15
Pages: 41
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Ensuring Equitable Access to Dual-Language Immersion Programs: Supporting English Learners' Emerging Bilingualism
Williams, Conor P.; Meek, Shantel; Marcus, Maggie; Zabala, Jonathan
Century Foundation
Children who are English learners (ELs) comprise a large, diverse, and growing student group in U.S. schools. ELs face systemic educational challenges rooted in language, race, class, and nativity. The Century Foundation and Children's Equity Project constructed a first-of-its-kind database covering more than 1,600 dual-language immersion (DLI) programs to address how policymakers and state education leaders can encourage the creation of diverse, integrated two-way DLI settings while still protecting equitable access for ELs. The analysis of aggregated demographic data completed for this report reveals some distinct patterns for DLI schools in a range of cities, illustrating different challenges in different communities. Steps education policymakers can take in order to grow bilingual teacher training programs and equitably expand access to dual-language immersion programs are provided.
Descriptors: Equal Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Access to Education, Native Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teacher Education Programs, Immersion Programs, English Language Learners, Barriers, Native Language, Race, Social Class, Databases, Program Development, Urban Areas, Educational Policy, Bilingual Teachers, English (Second Language), Enrollment Trends, Language Attitudes, Politics of Education, Racial Composition, Institutional Characteristics, State Programs
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Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: The Century Foundation
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