Journal article
Violating Lau: Sheltered English Instruction programs and equal educational opportunity
Journal of education policy, Vol.33(4), pp.488-509
01/01/2018
DOI: 10.1080/02680939.2017.1380847
Abstract
This article considers the impact of the Lau v. Nichols Supreme Court decision on the education of English learners in Washington State, US In particular, we focus on the most popular educational program in the state, Sheltered English Instruction. We first examine how intertextual links to various policy texts and discourses shape Washington language policy and then look at how educators in four school districts interpret and appropriate this policy. Based on fieldwork in four school districts, we argue that English learners are often submerged in English-only classrooms, in which the curriculum is not fundamentally changed to meet their needs, thus denying them equal educational opportunity according to Lau v. Nichols.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Violating Lau: Sheltered English Instruction programs and equal educational opportunity
- Creators
- David Cassels Johnson - University of IowaCrissa Stephens - University of IowaJoan Johnston Nelson - Washington State UniversityEric J. Johnson - Washington State University Tri-Cities
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of education policy, Vol.33(4), pp.488-509
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- DOI
- 10.1080/02680939.2017.1380847
- ISSN
- 0268-0939
- eISSN
- 1464-5106
- Number of pages
- 22
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2018
- Academic Unit
- Teaching and Learning; Public Policy Center (Archive); Center for Social Science Innovation
- Record Identifier
- 9984283569002771
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