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Bilingual Education Act + Title VII
Glog The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965 was amended to add Title VII, The Bilingual Education Act. This program established federal policy recognizing bilingual education as a viable method for economically disadvantaged language minority students; allocated funds for innovative programs; and recognized the unique educational disadvantages faced by non-English speaking students. -
Castaneda v. Pickard
Glog In the Castañeda defined the criteria for “appropriate action” schools should take to educate ELLs. 1 Theory: The school must pursue a program based on an educational theory recognized as sound or, at least, as a legitimate experimental strategy; 2 Practice: The school must actually implement the program with instructional practices, resources, and personnel necessary to transfer theory to reality; 3 Results: The school must not persist in a program that fails to produce results. -
Flores v. Arizona
Glog The U.S. Supreme Court took a major step toward ending a 17-year legal battle by voting 5-4 sending the case back to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The decision by the lower courts now is to determine the effectiveness of SEI program model. -
Prop 203: English for the Children
Glog Prop 203 has paved the way for English only and the SEI four hour program model adopted by ADE. Since the passage of this, funding allocated for ELLs has doubled definitely impacting the success rate of programs. Additionally, educators are being “trained” about SEI, which in turn also impacts our students’ success. -
No Child Left Behind )NCLB) + Title III
Glog Title III of NCLB requires that all ELLs receive quality instruction for learning both English and grade-level academic content. States are required to develop standards for English Language Proficiency and to link those standards to the state's Academic Content Standards. Schools must make sure that ELLs are part of their state's accountability system and that ELLs' academic progress is followed over time. -
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