The state agreed in 2000 that it would determine the training, background, and qualifications necessary for teachers of English-language learners under Proposition 203, an anti-bilingual-education law approved by Arizona voters that year.Zehr
Arizona's Proposition 203 places restrictions on bilingual and English-as-a- second-language programs and essentiality mandates English-only education for English language learners (ELLs). This article provides an analysis of this initiative and the wide variations in its interpretation and ...
Proposition 203, which eliminatednational standardsthat ensured that students were provided with a strong level of English language learning and had access to bilingual education, had been in effect since 2000. It mandated that
Castaneda's third prong redux: the achievement of Arizona's english language learners after proposition 203 The authors evaluate the success of Arizona's program for English Learners (ELs) twelve years after the implementation of Proposition 203 to determine whet......
This thorough and passionate book offers a critical analysis of Proposition 203, Arizona's law seeking to eliminate bilingual education, and documents the grave impact it has had. Policymakers and voters as well as anyone concerned about the education of bilingual students should be required to read...
Proposition 36, a proposal backed by a coalition of prosecutors and big-box retailers like Walmart and Target, will reclassify certain theft- and drug-related crimes as possible felonies instead of misdemeanors and introduce mandated drug treatment for some repeat ...
haveenactedEnglish-onlylegislation, withinthepastdecade,impactingtheschoolingofstudentswhoareidentifiedasEnglish languagelearner(ELLS).Asaresult,ELLSinArizonaareassignedtoaprescriptive program—apartfromtheirfluentEnglish-speakingpeers—for4haday,duringatime ‘‘notnormallytoexceed1year.’’Theultimategoali...
In 2004, the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) took several steps toward compliance with Proposition 203, a law severely limiting access to bilingual education for English language learners (ELLs) and naming in its place, Structured/Sheltered English immersion as the primary means of educating...
In 2004, the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) took several steps toward compliance with Proposition 203, a law severely limiting access to bilingual education for English language learners (ELLs) and naming in its place, Structured/Sheltered English immersion as the primary means of educating...
major federal and state language and assessment policies: (a) AZ LEARNS (2001), Arizona's high-stakes testing and school accountability program; (b) No Child Left Behind (2002); and (c) Proposition 203 (2000), which places restrictions on programs for English language learner (ELL) students...