Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ623770
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2000
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"I Used To Know That": What Happens When Reform Gets through the Classroom Door.
Dixon, Carol; Green, Judith; Yeager, Beth; Baker, Doug; Franquiz, Maria
Bilingual Research Journal, v24 n1-2 p113-26 Win-Spr 2000
An ethnographic study in two California school districts examines how court cases, federal and state legislation, local and state school board decisions, election results, and national reports interacted to constrain students' confidence to function at a particular level in English and the learning opportunities that a bilingual teacher could provide to linguistically diverse students. (Contains 23 references.) (TD)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Case Studies, Discriminatory Legislation, Educational Change, Educational Environment, Educational Legislation, Educational Policy, Elementary Education, English Only Movement, Equal Education, High Stakes Tests, Literacy Education, Politics of Education, State Standards, Student Attitudes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: California
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