Other terms commonly found in the literature include
language minority students, limited English proficient (LEP), English as a second language (ESL), and culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD).
Does the school communicate with
language minority students and their families to ensure that student needs beyond language are met?
General teacher education and development, foundations of education, second language acquisition theory, sociolinguistics, multicultural education, history of
language minority students in the U.S. educational system, field supervision of candidates for culturally and linguistically diverse endorsement and MAT degree.
What do you see as the ideal role of a native or «heritage» language in instruction for
language minority students?
School effectiveness for
language minority students.
[/ quote] Despite historic and far - reaching legal victories that proclaimed «
language minority students may not be denied access to educational opportunities based on language or national origin,» language of instruction continues to be a significant educational roadblock for ELL and immigrant students (Loes & Saavedra 2010, 4 - 5).
This study explores the heterogeneous effects of ESL compared to developmental English on first generation, second generation, and generation 1.5 students as well as other language minority subgroups in order to illuminate which
language minority students benefit the most (and the least) from ESL.
Our mission is an educational system that embraces our refugee, immigrant and
language minority students and adapting our educational services to provide a learning environment where these students can succeed, integrate and participate fully at all levels.
Spanish - speaking students — the largest group of
language minority students in Washington state — take fewer advanced courses and earn lower grades in those courses than...
In California State Department of Education, Beyond language: Social and cultural factors in schooling
language minority students (231 - 298).
Closing the opportunity gap for
language minority students begins by approaching these students as emerging bilinguals and building on the language strengths they bring to school.
She is interested in expanding literacy practices for
language minority students with learning disabilities.
A national study of school effectiveness for
language minority students» long - term academic achievement.
Does the school support
language minority students» academic learning in all subject areas as they move toward fluency?
They also wanted to show how small schools, like Bronx International, put
language minority students on the college track.
The Rising Readers six - week summer program takes place at six schools in CMS, a district that is home to more than 30,000
language minority students.
Educating
language minority students and affirming their equal rights: Research and practical perspectives.
These findings replicate earlier reported positive effects of the program for
language minority students (Snow, Lawrence, & White, 2009).
The Power of Culture: Teaching Across Language Difference examines the pedagogical and political supports necessary to give
language minority students a high - quality education in mainstream classrooms.
According to Wanda Hamilton, who oversees staff development for the district, educating faculty and staff on teaching
language minority students «drives everything.»
The Carpinteria
language minority student experience: From theory, to practice, to success.
The role of primary language development in promoting educational success for
language minority students.
Not exact matches
«Documentation of endangered
minority languages such as Jedek is important, as it provides new insights into human cognition and culture,» says Joanne Yager, doctoral
student at Lund University.
«Many of the people hardest hit by dyslexia are
minority students and those from low - income families,» Shaywitz said, even though the condition affects all population segments and
languages.
A five - year quasi-experimental study on K - 12 bilingual education programs offered to
language -
minority students in U.S. public schools.
We have a majority -
minority student population, a large group of English -
language learners, and almost 60 percent participation in the free or reduced - price lunch program.
And it put a special focus on ensuring that states and schools boost the performance of certain groups of
students, such as English -
language learners,
students in special education, and poor and
minority children, whose achievement, on average, trails their peers.
We fear that putting
students with disabilities, English
language learners and
minority students into one «super subgroup» will mask the individual needs of these distinct
student subgroups and will prevent schools from tailoring interventions appropriately.
Sydney H. McKenzie, a lawyer for the department, said the state is negotiating with the
language -
minority groups and has launched an «across - the - board» review of policies that deal with
students having limited proficiency in English.
Beyond those concerns, we would do well to ensure that
students are prepared to understand our neighbors, friends, allies, foes, and those within our own borders who are members of
language minority communities.
In the
language of the federal law: «Where inability to speak and understand the English
language excludes national origin
minority group children from effective participation in the educational program offered by a school district, the district must take affirmative steps to rectify the
language deficiency in order to open its instructional program to these
students.»
The study was required by the department's office for civil rights in return for dropping a complaint against the district's program for
language -
minority students.
Lost on many listeners to the Secretary's address was a more fundamental message: Equality of educational opportunity no longer means what it used to;
language -
minority students — native...
One faculty member teaches about issues of power in society (gender and
minority status, for example) by asking
students to analyze their own cultural perspectives (such as their cultural history,
language, and literacy).
Targeted the participation of traditionally underrepresented
students in advanced mathematics curriculum, including
minorities, those from low SES backgrounds, and second
language learners.
At the same time, gaps persist among
students from low - income families and their more affluent peers, for English
language learners, and for many
minority students when compared with their Asian and white classmates.
Academic performance of
language -
minority students and all - day kindergarten: a longitudinal study.
Closing the opportunity gap for
Language Minority (LM)
students begins by approaching these
students as emerging bilinguals and building on the
language strengths they bring to school.
He has conducted extensive research on alternative forms of bilingual and immersion education for
language minority and
language majority
students.
Although the average gains of Teach to One
students in most demographic sub-groups outperformed national norms — including for
language minority, special education, and low - income
students — that did not hold true for black
students.
The Reagan Administration's proposed amendments to the Bilingual Education Act, which would permit a mix of educational approaches in meeting the needs of
language -
minority students, was introduced in the Senate last week.
- The school attended - School year -
Minority status - Eligibility for free or reduced - cost lunch (a proxy for low socioeconomic status)- Date of birth - Assigned teacher - English
language proficiency - Testing exemption status - Test scores on the annual TAAS exam in each year in which the
student was enrolled in a Texas school
However, the authors of a new study say that
minority students are less likely than similar white peers to be in one of five common disability categories — emotional disturbance, intellectual disability, «other health impairment,» specific learning disability, and speech and
language impairment.
«Still, we have large equity gaps with our
students in poverty, with our
minority students, our
students with disabilities and English
language learners,» she said.
The vast majority of
students at Beulah Park are
minority and low - income, and 22 % of
students meet or exceed PARCC standards in 4th grade English
language arts.
Schools must report «adequate yearly progress» for groups that tend to struggle: racial and ethnic
minorities, low - income
students, English
language learners, and those with learning disabilities.
He recently served as a panel member on the National Academy of Science Report on the Overrepresentation of
Minority Students in Special Education, and also served as a member of the National Literacy Panel (SRI International and Center for Applied Linguistics) looking at issues in early reading with English
language learners.
Education Week examines whether the «widespread worry that states would walk away from making sure that particular groups of
students — English -
language learners,
students in special education, and racial
minorities — mattered in their school accountability systems» under ESSA is well founded.
English as a second
language (ESL) services are offered throughout the district both as a component of the Bilingual (Spanish / English) Program as well as to other
language -
minority students who attend ESL stand - alone schools.
As a classroom teacher who taught in Aboriginal communities for many years and then as a researcher working with
minority language students, I have long questioned why particular groups of
minority students tend to under - perform in school.