Language Rights and Policy in K‐12 TESOL

Abstract

Educational language policy has evolved through debates, legal battles, and major legislation over the responsibilities of schools in addressing the linguistic and academic needs of English language learners (ELLs). In this chapter, I review overarching principles of language rights of children as articulated in United Nations documents, then contrast these with the realities of language rights in the United States. Next, I provide an overview of key court cases and the evolution of federal and state policies for ELL education. Finally, I discuss the implications of the requirements of the new federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) for ELL students.

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