This special issue of Language Policy is focused on inequitable trends in dual language bilingual education (DLBE) through the metaphor of gentrification, referring to privileged …
This article addresses language allocation policies in what is increasingly called “Dual Language Education”(DLE) in the US, offering a challenge to the strict language separation …
Utah's dual language education (DL) initiative, officially introduced in 2007 and backed by unique state-level planning, is touted as a new “mainstreaming” of DL and is sparking …
G Valdés - Bilingual research journal, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
This article focuses on two-way immersion (TWI) education and restates two previously expressed cautionary notes about the unexpected costs of such programs for the Latino …
This book introduces readers to basic concepts of sociolinguistics with a focus on Spanish in the US. The coverage goes beyond linguistics to examine the history and politics of Spanish …
JA Freire - Journal of Language, Identity & Education, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT This study examined Spanish-English dual language (DL) K-6 teachers in collaborative professional development as they worked towards achieving the bicultural …
ABSTRACT A growing body of research has demonstrated that neoliberal discourses have negatively impacted dual language bilingual education (DLBE) for students designated as …
Using the methods of critical discourse analysis, we examine California Proposition 227, English Language in Public Schools (1998), and its repeal measure, Proposition 58, the …
JA Freire, VE Valdez - Bilingual Research Journal, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Culturally relevant pedagogy receives limited attention in many US dual language classrooms. This article focuses on understanding the barriers eight elementary Spanish …