Year: 2004
Type: article
Abstract: This article examines education law and cultural conditions for teaching and learning in Texas, the state that provided a model for the federal No Child Left Behind Act signed in 2002.Accountability testing is a primary feature of Texas education law and has an enormous impact on public school culture.Of particular interest is Houston, one of the largest cities in the US, where more than half of public school students are identified by the school district as English language learners.The article investigates how students enrolled in a developmental English course use their own writing to advocate for change.The students attend an urban, Hispanic-serving, open admissions university and often are described as Generation 1.5.In particular, the article focuses on the case study of one student and his response to being identified as an English language learner.
Source: Journal of Basic Writing
Author: Jane Maher
Institution: Nassau Community College
Language: English
Subfield: Linguistics and Language
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2186402138