From the Ballot Box to the Classroom

Autor/in	Mora, Jill Kerper
Titel	From the Ballot Box to the Classroom
Quelle	In: Educational Leadership, 66 (2009) 7, S.14-19 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1784
Schlagwörter	English Only Movement; Political Attitudes; Voting; Federal Courts; Court Litigation; Federal Legislation; Bilingualism; Bilingual Education; Second Language Learning; English (Second Language); Best Practices; Politics of Education; Social Environment; Arizona; California; Massachusetts + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Abstimmung; Bundesgerichtshof; Rechtsstreit; Bundesrecht; Bilingualismus; Bilingual teaching; Bilingualer Unterricht; Zweitsprachenerwerb; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Soziales Umfeld; Kalifornien; Master-Studiengang
Abstract	From 1998 to 2008, voters in California, Arizona, and Massachusetts passed anti-bilingual education ballot initiatives that required English-only instruction for the vast majority of the states' English language learners. The contentious political discourse leading up to the votes largely ignored the research on best practices for educating English language learners, as well as the practical and pedagogical issues facing educators. The author of this article examines the research to counter several "myths" underlying the English-only movement: that all schools should be required to adopt the same approach in serving their differing populations of English language learners; that bilingual instruction is the reason for English language learners' low levels of English proficiency; and that students can learn English quickly and then easily catch up with native English speakers in literacy and content learning. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. 1703 North Beauregard Street, Alexandria, VA 22311-1714. Tel: 800-933-2723; Tel: 703-578-9600; Fax: 703-575-5400; Web site: http://www.ascd.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10