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Research Paper Presentation. The Politics, consequences and approaches to NCLB Kaan Ustun Ustun@hawaii.edu 04-23-2012. Outline. NCLB : History / Why / Who Evolution of Law Flaws to the law: Language as a problem not a right Effects on Bilingual Education Assimilation VS Pluralism

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  1. Research Paper Presentation The Politics, consequences and approaches to NCLB KaanUstun Ustun@hawaii.edu 04-23-2012

  2. Outline • NCLB : History / Why / Who • Evolution of Law • Flaws to the law: • Language as a problem not a right • Effects on Bilingual Education • Assimilation VS Pluralism • Culture & NCLB • Approaches to teaching methods • Resistance & Top Down VS Bottom Up • Conclusion

  3. Reverse Pyramid View Government (Taxes & Grants) State (Education Budget) City (Accountability) Schools (Admin & Rated) Superintendent (Enforces Rules) Teacher (Pedagogy Solutions) Student (Pressures ) Testing & Accountability Consequences (Unfair & Unjust)

  4. Issues raised by NCLB Corrupts education system, distorts goal of education & misuses importance of native language Paradox of NCLB Lack of trust & incomprehension from teaching community Under the disguise of patriotism & unity Fights Multiculturalism / Bilingual Education 3 Powers of NCLB: Fear / Freedom / Creativity

  5. Future & Solutions • Raise awareness among community about bilingual education • Resistance & loopholes • Ex: SDP (School District Philadelphia) • Article by D.C. Johnson (2010) • Educate teachers to be Bilingual Teachers not ESL

  6. Final Word “To construct a future from our past experiences, while recognizing the increased linguistic diversity and greater language fluidity of the 21st century, we must not cede all the educational spaces to the types of English-only or bilingual programs that keep the students ‘other language (or languages) apart.” (Garcia, 2011, 149)

  7. Some References Baker, C. (2011). Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 5th Edition. New York,NY: Multilingual Matters. Bausell, R. Barker (2011, April 30). A New Measure for Classroom Quality. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com Bhattacharjee, Y. (2012, March 17th ). Why bilinguals are smarter. New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com Bunch, M.B. (2011). Testing English language learners under No Child Left Behind.Language Testing, vol. 28 (3), pp.323-341. Butler, F.A., & Stevens R. (2001). Standardized assessment of the content knowledge of English language learners K-12:current trends and old dilemmas. Language Testing, vol. 18 (4), pp.409-427. Evans, B.A., Hornberger, N.H. (2005). No Child Left Behind: Repealing and Unpeeling Federal Language Education Policy in the United States. Language Policy,4(1), 87-106. Garcia, O. (2011). Educating NY’s bilingual children:constructing a future from the past. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism,14(2), 133-153.

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