This book provides an in-depth exploration of the topics that are currently relevant in k-12 curricula, including the school librarian's role in dealing with these issues, collaborating with teachers, and connecting to classrooms. The role and responsibilities of the library med…
This book chronicles the journey of seven schools serving students of poverty, English Language Learners (ELLs), and students of color, which were able to sustain school improvement for a decade on either state and/or national criteria that measure student performance outcomes. …
Modern primary teachers must adapt literacy programmes and ensure efficient learning for all. They must also support children with language and literacy difficulties, children learning English as an additional language and possibly teach a modern foreign language. To do this eff…
This capstone outlines my strategic project on advancing the work of opening a dual-language school, beginning at the elementary level, in Bellingham Public Schools. The school district currently has a well-defined support program for English-language learners, the largest numbe…
The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine whether bilingual students enrolled in an English as a New Language (ENL) program achieve English language proficiency levels based on their performance levels on the New York State English as a Second Language Achievement Te…
The term “inclusion” refers to the action or state of being included within a group or structure. Classrooms today are comprised of all kinds of children from varied nationalities, needs, and learning styles. Throughout its history, the population of the United States has been d…
This is a qualitative study of four Muslim parents whose ESL children attend an Islamic private school in the American Southwest. The study investigates the preparedness of these Muslim ESL students to meet the Common Core State Standards-based assessments. The focus of the stud…
Rather limited research and few significant field studies have been done on recent immigrant students particularly from the Muslim societies of the Horn of Africa and the Middle East in the American high school context regarding their linguistic, cultural and religious needs. Mo…
This study analyzes three legislations that affected education for language minority students. The research starts with a historical overview of the foundation of the United States and the education of the non-English speaking population. It examines the conditions that led to t…
This quantitative study examined the role that metacognition and self-efficacy, through goal-setting practices, play in increasing English proficiency of middle school English learners. The problem addressed was middle school English learners' lack of awareness of the need to be…
This qualitative research study used a phenomenological descriptive design with a modified Husserl (1969) approach to explore the experiences of native Spanish-speaking teachers from Mexico and Spain (NSSTMS), recruited to teach English language learners (ELL) in a Midwestern st…
The population of English Language Learners (ELLs) in the United States has been growing at an increasingly rapid rate (U. S. Census Bureau, 2010), and nowhere is this growth more evident than in U.S. public schools. As of school year 2010-11, nearly 25% of all students in the C…
The purpose of this study was to examine how Arabic high schools English Language Learners (ELLs) reveal their cultural identity and construct meaning from visual representations, self-created drawings, and other artistic creations and employ them to spring board writing. Writte…
Purpose. The purpose of this study was to identify the specific gaps between the California administrative leadership competencies in (a) vision and leadership, (b) positive school culture and instructional program, (c) school management, and (d) school and community, and the cu…
Limited schooling in the first language (L1) has allowed English Language Learners (ELLs) to face obstacles in their second language (L2) and science courses. Therefore, this study examines these variables in the following two hypotheses: (1) there is a significant relationship …
The purpose of this dissertation research project is to explore how recently-arrived immigrant adolescents who are English learners (ELs) experience New York City during an era of unprecedented globalization and neoliberal social and economic policies. It explores immigrant adol…
Many elementary school children, including English language learners (ELLs), are in self-contained classrooms with only one teacher. The challenge for teachers is to meet the needs of all students in one learning environment with limited training. The relationship between teache…
This qualitative study explores the impact of a proposed Hybrid Dynamic Assessment (HDA) model on the essay writing of English Language Learners (ELL). The proposed model is rooted in Vygotsky's Sociocultural Theory (SCT) concept of Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD). The partic…
The passing of No Child Left Behind has reawakened interest in several perennial topics: time-to-reclassification, long-term ELLs, the impact of language policy on student outcomes, and differences in retention patterns. This thesis consists of four studies that, together, addre…