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Seeking Equity in the Education of California's English Learners
by Russell W. Rumberger & Patricia Gándara - 2004
The article provides an abridged version of a report prepared for the lawsuit, Williams v. State of California. The report first examines the achievement gap for English learners in California. Second, it reviews evidence in seven areas in which these students receive a substantially inequitable education vis-ŕ-vis their English-speaking peers, even when those peers are similarly economically disadvantaged. Third, it documents the state's role in creating and perpetuating existing inequities. Finally, it describes a series of remedies that the state could pursue to reduce these inequities.
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- Russell Rumberger
University of California, Santa Barbara
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RUSSELL W. RUMBERGER is professor of education at the University of California, Santa Barbara and Director of the UC Linguistic Minority Research Institute. He has published widely on education issues, with recent research focused on school dropouts, student mobility, school segregation and the educational underachievement of minority students. Recent publications include: “The causes and consequences of student mobility” (Journal of Negro Education) and “The distribution of dropout and turnover rates among urban and suburban high schools.” (with Scott Thomas, Sociology of Education).
- Patricia Gándara
University of California, Davis
PATRICIA GÁNDARA is professor of education at the University of California, Davis. She is Associate Director of the UC Linguistic Minority Research Institute, and Co-Director of PACE (Policy Analysis for California Education). Recent publications include, School Connections: Peers, Achievement, and US Mexican Youth (with M. Gibson and J. Koyama, Teachers College Press, forthcoming) and High School Puente: What we have learned about preparing Latino youth for higher education (Educational Policy).
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