This article presents a meta-analysis of program effectiveness research on English
language learners. The study includes a corpus of 17 studies conducted since Willig's …

In this study, empirical and conceptual scholarship (approximately 100 studies) regarding
the education of secondary multilingual learners and their teachers are analyzed through …

The fifth edition of this bestselling book provides a comprehensive introduction to
bilingualism and bilingual education. In a compact and clear style, its 19 chapters cover all …

Our longitudinal research findings from one-way and two-way dual language enrichment
models of schooling demonstrate the substantial power of this program for enhancing …

In June of 1998, Proposition 227 was passed by 61 percent of the California electorate. The
initiative was intended to significantly alter the ways in which the state's English learners …

The number of English language learners and limited English proficient students has grown
exponentially in the United States over the past decades. Given the huge cultural and …

Arizona's Proposition 203 places restrictions on bilingual and English-as-asecond-language
programs and essentiality mandates English-only education for English language learners …

We empirically evaluated three theoretical models—the threshold hypothesis, transfer
theory, and time-on-task theory—for educating English language learners (ELLs), with a …

This article asks whether children enrolled in a bilingual education program learn English in
a reasonable amount of time, and whether older children learn English faster than younger …

The author presents a critique of the deconstructivist perspective on translanguaging, which
doubts the ontology of discrete speech communities. This paper argues that such a position …