EDU 305: Chapter 10 Text Reading Discussion

The schooling system in the US has continuously served as a site for language education and assimilation. For many populations this education was historically(1800s) coercive and violent.

What is an example of one of these policies?

What groups contribute to linguistic diversity in schools?

What is the ethnic succession concept?

Another important aspect shaping the immigrant experience is the outside factors that immigrants come into contact with—the neighborhoods, social networks, and schools—and that are also influenced by the local and national economy, referred to as what

In 2014-2015 what percent of students were accounted for as multilingual

what is the term that defines the process of departing from the traditional model of assimilation, scholars have argued that immigrants negotiate more complex patterns of social interaction in their new countries

What is the Bilingual Education Act (BEA)?

What is one reason that the Bilingual Education Act did not work?

What is this landmark case?

12 Chinese American students, on behalf of about 1,800 Chinese-speaking students, filed a class-action suit against the San Francisco Unified School District, stating that their children were not given equal educational opportunities because of the linguistic barriers they faced. In this landmark case, the San Francisco schools were found to be in violation of the rights of Chinese students under Title VI and the EEOA.

What is a negative aspect of Dual Language programs?