The Arizona Language Minority Rights Research Roundtable of Arizona

You are invited to attend the following conference, or attend individual panel sessions. For more information contact Daniel Choi at Daniel.Choi@asu.edu or 480-727 8655

January 28th - EDC 117 (Lecture Hall)

8.30 – 9:00                  Breakfast
9.00 – 9.15                 Acknowledgements and Introduction to LMERRA – Dr. Terry Wiley, ASU
9.15 – 9:25                 Program Overview – Daniel Choi, ASU
 
 Panel 1: Legal Perspectives on Rights for English Learners. (Chair: Dr. Kay Hunnicutt, Arizona State University)
  
9:30- 10:15                  The Federal Government and the Rights of Limited English Proficient Students                                                                          Stefan Rosenzweig, J.D., Scholar-in-Residence, Center for Language Minority Education and Research
                                    Q&A
10:15-11:00                 Policy Brief: Update on the Implementation of the Flores v. Arizona ruling: Rights to resources for English Learners                                     Tim Hogan, J.D., Executive Director of the Arizona Center for the Law in the Public Interest
                                    Q&A
11:00- 11:45                Perspectives on the Implications of Proposition 203 and the Flores Decision for Navajo language use in Arizona schools Patrice M. Horstman, J.D., Hufford, Horstman, Mongini, Parnell & McCarthy, P.C
                                    Q&A                                                                 
11:45- 12:00                Discussion
 
12:00- 1:30                 BREAK
  
Panel 2: Language Policy as a Civil Rights Matter   (Chair: Josué Gonzáles, Arizona State University)
 
 1:30- 1:50                    The Rights of Arizona’s Language Minority Students in Historical 
Context
Dr. Jeanne Powers and Lirio Patton, ASU
 
1:50- 2:10                    Flores v. Arizona: A Case Study
Dr. Beatriz Arias and Angela Randolph, ASU
2:10- 2:30                    Status of Court Standards for Evaluating Language Dr. Kay Hunnicutt and Mario Castro, Arizona State University  
 
2:30- 2:50                    Discussion     
 
2:50- 3:00                   Break                                                                          
 
                                                             
Panel 3: Language Policy and Educational Opportunity  (Chair: Dr. Terrence Wiley, Arizona State University)
 
 
3:00- 3:20                   What are language-minority communities doing in the absence of promotion-oriented or accommodation-oriented rights: A case
                                    study of one Vietnamese heritage language program
Dr. Chris Faltis and Ha Lam
 
3:20 – 3:40                   How Long Does It Take Second Language Learners to Acquire Structural
                                    Knowledge of English?  A Review of the Literature
                                    Dr. Jeff MacSwan and Chanyoung Park

3:40- 4:00                    University language policy and international graduate students:  Is it de facto, de jure, or does it exist?  A pilot study

Evelyn Monat, Arizona State University

4:00- 4:20                    Discussion
 
4:20 – 4:30                  CLOSING REMARKS –
 

January 29th - Coor 170 (Lecture Hall)

8.30 – 9.00                  Breakfast
9.00 – 9.15                  Welcome – Dr. Eugene Garcia, Dean, College of Education, Arizona State University
 
Panel 1: Interpretations of Structured English Immersion under Proposition 203 (Chair: Dr. Teresa McCarty)
9:15 – 10:00                 Southern Arizona Perspective, University of Arizona
                                    (Dr. Richard Ruiz, Jean Favela and Carol Evans)
                       

                                    Q&A

 
10:00 – 10:45              Phoenix Perspective, Arizona State University
                                    Dr. Chris Faltis, Dr. Beatriz Arias
                                   
                                    Q&A
           
10:45 – 11:15               Discussion
 

11:15- 11:30               Break
Panel 2: Native American language Policies (Chair: Dr. David Beaulieu, Arizona State University)
 
11:30- 11:50               The Survival of American Indian Languages: A Legal Analysis of
National and State Educational Policies and their Impact on American
Indian Families and Communities.
Dr. Mary Eunice Romero, Vena A-dae Romero and Alma Montes De Oca, Arizona State University
 
11:50- 12:10                Language Restrictionism and Navajo Identities: Leaving Native Languages and Cultures Behind?
Dr. Teresa McCarty and Victor Begay, Arizona State University
 
12:10 – 12:30               Discussion       

12:30- 1.30                  BREAK

Panel 3 Language Policy and Accountability (Chair: Dr. Jeff Macswan, ASU)
1.30 - 1.50                   Social Inequities and School Rankings: A Critical Analysis of the AZ LEARNS Achievement Profiles
                                    Dr. Karen Adams and Eric Johnson, Arizona State University
 
1:50 – 2:10               How Teachers Perceive Validity in Achievement Testing for English
Language Learners (ELLs).
Dr. Kate Mahoney, ASU- East and Anju Kuriakose
           
2:10 – 2:30               The Intersection of Proposition 203, NCLB, and AZ Learns in the
Classroom
Dr. Wayne Wright, University of Texas, San Antonio

 
2:30 – 2:50                   EL Teacher Responses to high stakes testing, AZ Learns and No Child Left Behind
Dr. Wayne Wright and Chang Pu, University of Texas, San Antonio and Daniel Choi, Arizona State University
 
2:50 – 3.10                  DISCUSSION
 
                        
3:10 – 3:30                   Closing Remarks: Dr. Terrence Wiley and Dr. Richard Ruiz