Educational policies in the United States and implications for English learners Políticas educacionais nos Estados Unidos e suas implicações para aprendizes de inglês

This article provides a historical context for current educational policies in the United States, especially those mandated by the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). The article explains the effects of these policies on a rapidly growing segment of the U.S. population, namely English Learners (ELs), s...

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Main Authors: April Burke, Luciana C. de Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais 2012-06-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Linguística Aplicada
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-63982012000200005