Educating language minority students and affirming their equal rights: Research and practical perspectives

Educational Researcher

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 163-174

  Hakuta, Kenji ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bilingual education; bilingualism; Casta eda standards; Common Core State Standards; Elementary and Secondary Education Act; English Language Learners; language minority students; language policy; Lau v. Nichols; No Child Left Behind Act; second language acquisition; standards based reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958109872     PISSN: 0013189X     EISSN: 1935102X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0013189X11404943     Document Type: Article

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