Upholding Multilingual Learners' Civil Rights under ESSA: State Education Agency Leaders and the Contextual Factors Shaping Their Work

Autor/inn/en	Hopkins, Megan; Weddle, Hayley; Castillo, Melissa; Costa, Jessica; Edwards, Katherine; Elliot, Sandra; Gautsch, Leslie; Lowenhaupt, Rebecca; Salas, Veronica
Titel	Upholding Multilingual Learners' Civil Rights under ESSA: State Education Agency Leaders and the Contextual Factors Shaping Their Work
Quelle	In: American Journal of Education, 128 (2022) 4, S.591-616 (26 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0195-6744
DOI	10.1086/720362
Schlagwörter	Multilingualism; Bilingual Students; Civil Rights; Student Rights; Educational Legislation; Elementary Secondary Education; Federal Legislation; State Departments of Education; Equal Education; Social Justice; Educational Policy; Program Implementation; Administrator Role; Compliance (Legal); Resource Allocation; Capacity Building; COVID-19; Pandemics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Bundesrecht; Kultusministerium; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Ressourcenallokation
Abstract	Purpose: Alongside the inequities surfaced by COVID-19, a confluence of demographic and policy-related shifts over the last few decades has elevated the education of multilingual learners (MLs) in state education agency (SEA) leaders' work. This study employs an ecological perspective to examine how SEA leaders promote social justice policy implementation in their efforts to uphold MLs' civil rights under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). Research Methods: Given its embeddedness in a research-practice partnership (RPP) that emphasizes integration of researchers' expertise with SEA leaders' real-world knowledge, the study employs a participatory research approach. Drawing on 23 semistructured interviews with SEA leaders and 20 hours of observations during RPP meetings, the authors engaged in an iterative analysis process involving coding, memoing, and extensive member checking. Findings: Findings show the dual roles that leaders played to uphold the spirit of civil rights law across local education agencies (LEAs) and within SEAs, and they highlight the structural, cultural, and political dynamics that operated to enable or constrain this work. The study also reveals that cross-state collaboration may be a powerful mechanism for upholding ML civil rights in ways that go beyond compliance toward transformation and social justice. Implications: Although ESSA expanded the role of the SEA in policy implementation, little attention has been given to supporting state-level organizational development. Our findings suggest the need to allocate resources to support SEA capacity development. Such support is ever more critical as state systems work to develop coherent and aligned supports in response to COVID-19-related disparities. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01