ERIC Number: EJ1236885
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
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Cultivating Pride in Bilingual Students: Orgullo Colectivo
Barrera, Angela; Keppler, Lauren; Becker, Melody
Educational Leadership, v77 n4 p30-33 Dec 2019-Jan 2020
At J. Sterling Morton High School District 201 in Cicero, Illinois, nearly 65 percent of the students are English learners. In 2014, the school started looking into how to create a culture where multilingual students were considered an asset. They created a dual-language program with an emphasis on pride and changing the status of bilingualism in their community.
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Urban Schools, High School Students, Hispanic American Students, English Language Learners, Bilingual Education, Spanish Speaking, Language Attitudes, Native Language, Achievement Gap, Cultural Capital, Educational Change
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Illinois
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