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Gilliland, Betsy – Language and Education, 2015
Teachers' understandings of second language learning influence their practices in the classroom. This paper analyzes interview and classroom data collected during a year-long ethnographic study of two high school English language development classes to identify (1) what the teachers understood about second language (L2) development and L2 academic…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Academic Discourse, Writing (Composition), Multilingualism
Umansky, Ilana M.; Reardon, Sean F. – American Educational Research Journal, 2014
Schools are under increasing pressure to reclassify their English learner (EL) students to "fluent English proficient" status as quickly as possible. This article examines timing to reclassification among Latino ELs in four distinct linguistic instructional environments: English immersion, transitional bilingual, maintenance bilingual,…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Classification, Bilingual Education, Barriers
Umansky, Ilana M.; Reardon, Sean F. – Grantee Submission, 2014
Schools are under increasing pressure to reclassify their English learner (EL) students to "fluent English proficient" status as quickly as possible. This article examines timing to reclassification among Latino ELs in four distinct linguistic instructional environments: English immersion, transitional bilingual, maintenance bilingual,…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Classification, Bilingual Education, Barriers
Jaffe-Walter, Reva – Teachers College Record, 2008
Context: Networks are seen as important vehicles for educators' professional development because they provide opportunities for educators to develop their teaching and leadership capacities and establish forums for educator resistance. Networks that also function as intermediary organizations provide spaces in which educators and network leaders…
Descriptors: Case Studies, High Schools, Public Schools, Educational Policy
Stillman, Jamy – Teachers College Record, 2011
Background/Context: With the installation of No Child Left Behind, teachers, particularly those who serve marginalized students, have increasingly been told what and how to teach. Previous research demonstrates that teachers can act as mediators between policy and practice, even within coercive environments such as those generated by high-stakes…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Socialization, Federal Legislation, Language Arts
Wills, John S.; Sandholtz, Judith Haymore – Teachers College Record, 2009
Background/Context: In response to state-level test-based accountability and the federal No Child Left Behind Act, school administrators increasingly view centralized curriculum and prescribed instructional strategies as the most direct means of increasing student performance. This movement toward standardization reduces teachers' autonomy and…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Professional Autonomy, Federal Legislation, Observation
Bitter, Catherine; O'Day, Jennifer – California Collaborative on District Reform, 2010
As expectations for students to meet high academic standards have risen over the past two decades, so have the expectations for students to complete, and excel in, more rigorous mathematics courses. Once a course reserved only for the college-bound, algebra is now a graduation requirement for all California students as well as an early…
Descriptors: Mathematics Curriculum, Student Placement, Graduation Requirements, Algebra
Olson, Kate – Linguistics and Education: An International Research Journal, 2007
This study examines the implications that state educational policies, such as high-stakes testing in English and Proposition 227, have on teaching and learning in primary language instruction for English learners in California. Utilizing cultural-historical activity theory of learning and development, this qualitative case study uncovers the…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Second Language Learning, High Stakes Tests, Discourse Analysis