Bilingualism for the children: Implementing a dual-language program in an English-only state

Educational Policy

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 701-728

  Combs, Mary Carol ^a   Evans, Carol ^a   Fletcher, Todd ^a,b   Parra, Elena ^a,c   Jiménez, Alicia ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Special Education and Rehabilitation and School Psychology

^c Psychology Specialization Project

^d Reading General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dual language; Proposition 203; Structured English Immersion

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744485569     PISSN: 08959048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0895904805278063     Document Type: Review

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