English Learners in California Schools: Unequal Resources, Unequal Outcomes

Creator

Patricia Gándara
Russell Rumberger
Julie Maxwell-Jolly
Rebecca Callahan

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Publisher

Arizona State University, University of South Florida

Publication Date

October 2003

Abstract

The Williams vs the State of California class action suit on behalf of poor children in that state argues that California provides a fundamentally inequitable education to students based on wealth and language status. This article, an earlier version of which was prepared as background to that case, reviews the conditions of schooling for English learners in the state with the largest population of such students, totaling nearly 1.6 million in 2003, and comprising about 40 percent of nation’s English learners. ...

Extent

54

Geographic Location

California

Volume

11

Issue

36

Language

English

Media Type

Journals (Periodicals)

Format

Digital Only

Note

Citation: Gándara, P., Rumberger, R., Maxwell-Jolly, J. and Callahan, R., (2003, October 7). English Learners in California Schools: Unequal resources, unequal outcomes. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 11(36). Retrieved [Date] from http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v11n36/.

Identifier

E11-00334

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.

Recommended Citation

Gándara, Patricia; Rumberger, Russell; Maxwell-Jolly, Julie; and Callahan, Rebecca, "English Learners in California Schools: Unequal Resources, Unequal Outcomes" (2003). Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA). 115.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_EPAA/115