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A 3 page brief history of teaching English Language Learners (ELL), beginning with the nineteenth century and continuing to the current debate over what constitutes the best practices in this area of education. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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provision mandating education for French and English (History of bilingual ed., 2002). 1850 : New Mexico enacted legislation pertaining to education in Spanish and English (History of bilingual ed.,
2002). 1900 : In the early 1900s, English as a second language (ESL) classes were primarily free and taught in public libraries to all immigrants who wished to learn
(Pesquera, 2003). World War I era : The early acceptance of bilingual education shifted and many states enacted English-only laws, which were intended to "Americanize" foreign-language speakers (History of
bilingual ed., 2002). Some states banned the study of foreign languages in early grades, but such laws were ruled unconstitutional in 1923 (History of bilingual ed., 2002). English-only instruction became
the norm for Limited English Proficient (LEP) students until the failure of this system could no longer be ignored (History of bilingual ed., 2002). The Bilingual Education Act of
1968 : This act passed during an era of growing immigration and provided federal funding to encourage school districts to incorporate native-language instruction into their curriculums for English Language Learners
(ELL) (History of bilingual ed., 2002). The Equal Educational Opportunity Act of 1974 : This legislation supported the decision of the Supreme Court in Lau v. Nichols, which required
schools to take "affirmative steps" to overcome language barriers that impeded non-English speaking children from academic success. However, neither the Bilingual Education Act nor the Lau decision require a specific
methodology for teaching ELL students (History of bilingual ed., 2002). Support wanes for bilingual ed. : Support for bilingual education, which began in the late 60s, began to recede beginning
in the late 1970s (Attinasi, 1998). The Reagan administration ended the policy of requiring school districts to adopt bilingual instruction (Attinasi, 1998). 1996 : A watershed event occurred when
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