ERIC Number: EJ1011423
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-1534-8431
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Fight or Flight? Immigration, Competition, and Language Assistance Resources in Metropolitan Atlanta
Tarasawa, Beth
Journal of Latinos and Education, v12 n3 p186-201 2013
As the Latino/a immigrant population increases, racial conflict historically understood in terms of Black and White in the U.S. South has expanded to include new contestants in metro-Atlanta public schools. By examining market and sociological competition theoretical perspectives, this study investigates how language assistance resource implementation for English language learners is influenced by supply-demand, school, neighborhood, and political factors. The findings suggest that programmatic decisions about language assistance are driven predominantly by supply-demand factors. However, neighborhood and school racial competition measures also influence the availability of language assistance for English language learners, particularly in terms of onsite language assistance instruction. (Contains 5 tables and 8 footnotes.)
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Public Schools, Program Implementation, English Language Learners, Educational Environment, Neighborhoods, Political Influences, Academic Support Services, Ethnic Diversity, Racial Composition, Metropolitan Areas, Competition, Resource Allocation, Immigrants, Statistical Analysis, Social Influences, Second Language Learning, Least Squares Statistics, Predictor Variables
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Georgia
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