First and foremost, the new law replaces the term «Limited English Proficient students» with «English learners,» indicating a shift away from deficit - oriented perspectives
of emerging bilingual students.
Take the charter schools requirements to enroll representative populations
of emerging bilingual students and students with disabilities and the reduction of racial and ethnic isolation.
Not exact matches
As my Choice Watch report (Cotto & Feder, 2014) demonstrated, charter schools in Connecticut tend to serve a relatively more advantaged group
of (mostly) Black and Latinx children including fewer children with disabilities,
emerging bilingual children, and children eligible for free and reduced priced meals compared to the
students in local public schools in the same cities as the charter schools.
In this podcast, Dr. Bernadette Musetti shares benefits
of bilingualism, programs or innovations in education that move
emerging bilingual students forward and common myths or misconceptions about teaching
emerging bilinguals and English learners.
All three school choice programs tend to have a lower percentage
of children with disabilities and
emerging bilingual students (ELL) when compared to their local school district averages.
They have both created policies that are supportive
of bilingual education programs and have developed their own, or re-shaped existing, standards to provide guidance for
bilingual and world language teachers on how to most effectively support
students in their
emerging bilingualism.