Bilingual Education and Proposition 227

Proposition 227, 1998: English Language in Public Schools.

Programs must allow LEP students to do well in all school work. In some cases, this means teaching some subjects to LEP students in their home languages.

1998 California Proposition 227 - Wikipedia

Proposition 227 was a California ballot proposition passed on the June 2, 1998, ballot. Proposition 227 was repealed by Proposition 58 on November 8, 2016.

The Unz Initiatives and the Abolition of Bilingual Education

In 1998, Silicon Valley millionaire Ron Unz spearheaded the passage of California's Proposition 227, designed to ban bilingual education as an instructional ...

Proposition 227: Myth vs. Reality - MoraModules

In June, 1998 California voters approved Proposition 227, a ballot initiative to curtail bilingual education in the public schools. A 61% ...

CA Secretary of State - Argument in Favor of Proposition 227

Last year, only 6.7 percent of limited-English students in California learned enough English to be moved into mainstream classes. Latino immigrant children are ...

Proposition 227 and Instruction of English Learners in California

In California, Proposition 227 was designed to replace the state's bilingual education programs with one-year English immersion programs. What impact has the ...

A new era for bilingual education: explaining California's Proposition ...

The California Multilingual Education Act will give California public schools more control over dual language acquisition programs.

"The Controversial Passage of Proposition 227" by Erin E. Kinney

When Proposition 227 passed in 1998, it essentially ended a thirty-year program of bilingual education in California of students with limited English ...

California Voters Repeal Ban on Bilingual Education

The ballot measure essentially repeals Proposition 227, the 1998 law that made it tougher for districts to offer bilingual education.

The Foundations and Current Impact of California's Proposition 227.

... Proposition 227 requires that all children be taught English by being taught in English. This proposition, which basically outlaws bilingual education, is ...

A Case Study of an Urban School District

This paper focuses on the implementation of Proposition 227 and its impact on the education of English learners in California's K-12 public schools since its ...

Proposition 227- The Anti Bilingual Education Initiative of 1996

After a volatile political campaign, California voters adopted Proposition 227, the so-called “English for the Children” initiative drafted by advocate Ron Unz.

The Return Of Bilingual Education In California? - NPR

Proposition 58 would officially end the era of English-only teaching and re-introduce instruction in English and a second language as an option.

Sink or Swim: What Happened to California's Bilingual Students ...

Proposition 227, passed by California voters in 1998, aimed to dismantle bilingual programs in public schools and to replace them with English-only programs ...

DISMANTLING BILINGUAL EDUCATION IMPLEMENTING ...

Teachers in schools with enough Spanish speaking English Learners to run a bilingual education program explained to me that they “worked very hard” telephoning ...

The Case of Proposition 227 and the Ban on Bilingual Education

In 1998, the California voters, by a 61-39% margin, passed Proposition 227, a ballot initiative innocuously known as "English for the Children." This.

How San Francisco Paved the Way for California to Embrace ...

For almost two decades, the San Francisco school district mostly ignored Proposition 227, which emphasized English-only instruction.

From Personal to Political: Proposition 227, Literacy Instruction, and ...

Passed by the California electorate in June of 1998, Proposition 227, the voter initiative mandating English-immersion instruction for a ...

Encyclopedia of Bilingual Education - Proposition 227 (California)

The Encyclopedia of Bilingual Education is embedded in several disciplines, including applied linguistics, politics, civil rights, ...

A Case Study of an Urban School District

of Proposition 227, legislation that effectively eliminated bilingual education in California by severely limiting students' access to bilingual programs,.