As long as students with limited English language skills have attended California schools a
debate has raged among educators and policy-makers regarding how best to educate these …

Abstract The Williams vs the State of California class action suit on behalf of poor children in
that state argues that California provides a fundamentally inequitable education to students …

In the last decade the total US population grew by about 12%. 1 During this same period, the
limited English proficient (LEP) population nearly doubled. English learners (ELs) now make …

In 1998, California passed Proposition 227, which severely restricted the use of primary
language for instructing English learners, calling for a 1-year transitional program of …

The paper documents the characteristics of California's existing student and teacher
population, explores research on the effect on students of having teachers who are from …

This timely and thoughtful book provides multiple perspectives on closing achievement
gaps. Closing persistent gaps in educational outcomes between different groups of students …

This document is an extension of" Resource Needs for California's English Learners" and is
the result of deliberations from several informal meetings and two formal meetings of major …

This report is a synthesis of research, challenges, and best practices in the education of
secondary English Learners (ELs). It incorporates a summary of three days of presentations …

Proposition 227 limits instructional use of students' primary languages but allows bilingual
programs if adequate numbers of parents request an alternative to English-only instruction …

Introduction: This cadaveric dye study assesses the effect of volume and number of
injections on the spread of solution after ultrasound-guided rectus sheath injections. In …