Leslie Gautsch
Biographic Data
| ID | 6270861 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Leslie Gautsch |
| GIVEN NAMES | Leslie |
| FAMILY NAME | Gautsch |
| SIGNATURE | GAUTSCH L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California San Diego |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0244-9456 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Equity and State Immigrant Inclusivity
With the 2015 passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), the oversight of language policy in U.S. schools shifted from federal to state governance. Although the education of students officially designated as English learners (ELs) has historically been grounded in federal law, we argue that ELs’ educational experiences are also largely influenced by societal attitudes toward immigrants and immigration. Using a critical policy analysis (CPA…
Educating Transnationally Mobile Students
The back and forth migration of children and youth between the United States and Mexico has created a unique group of approximately nine million “students we share” who have been educated in both countries (Jensen and Sawyer 2013). The social, political, and economic interconnectivity of the United States and Mexico suggests that these trends are likely to continue, making the education of transnationally mobile students, or those students who ha…
Upholding Multilingual Learners’ Civil Rights under Essa
Purpose: Alongside the inequities surfaced by COVID-19, a confluence of demographic and policy-related shifts over the last few decades has elevated the education of multilingual learners (MLs) in state education agency (SEA) leaders’ work. This study employs an ecological perspective to examine how SEA leaders promote social justice policy implementation in their efforts to uphold MLs’ civil rights under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). Re…
Feeling at Home Away from Home?’ Social Participation of Refugee Students in Cyprus
In the context of increasing numbers of refugee students being integrated into the national school system of host countries globally, the necessity of inclusive school environments for these students is growing. Yet schools may not be well prepared and supported to meet the unique needs of refugee students, who may struggle to adjust to their new reality. In this paper, we present the results of a mixed methods case study that explored aspects of…
Upholding Multilingual Learners’ Civil Rights under Essa
Purpose: Alongside the inequities surfaced by COVID-19, a confluence of demographic and policy-related shifts over the last few decades has elevated the education of multilingual learners (MLs) in state education agency (SEA) leaders’ work. This study employs an ecological perspective to examine how SEA leaders promote social justice policy implementation in their efforts to uphold MLs’ civil rights under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). Re…
Feeling at Home Away from Home?’ Social Participation of Refugee Students in Cyprus
In the context of increasing numbers of refugee students being integrated into the national school system of host countries globally, the necessity of inclusive school environments for these students is growing. Yet schools may not be well prepared and supported to meet the unique needs of refugee students, who may struggle to adjust to their new reality. In this paper, we present the results of a mixed methods case study that explored aspects of…
Feeling at Home Away from Home?’ Social Participation of Refugee Students in Cyprus
In the context of increasing numbers of refugee students being integrated into the national school system of host countries globally, the necessity of inclusive school environments for these students is growing. Yet schools may not be well prepared and supported to meet the unique needs of refugee students, who may struggle to adjust to their new reality. In this paper, we present the results of a mixed methods case study that explored aspects of…
Equity and State Immigrant Inclusivity
With the 2015 passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), the oversight of language policy in U.S. schools shifted from federal to state governance. Although the education of students officially designated as English learners (ELs) has historically been grounded in federal law, we argue that ELs’ educational experiences are also largely influenced by societal attitudes toward immigrants and immigration. Using a critical policy analysis (CPA…
Educating Transnationally Mobile Students
The back and forth migration of children and youth between the United States and Mexico has created a unique group of approximately nine million “students we share” who have been educated in both countries (Jensen and Sawyer 2013). The social, political, and economic interconnectivity of the United States and Mexico suggests that these trends are likely to continue, making the education of transnationally mobile students, or those students who ha…
Upholding Multilingual Learners’ Civil Rights under Essa
Purpose: Alongside the inequities surfaced by COVID-19, a confluence of demographic and policy-related shifts over the last few decades has elevated the education of multilingual learners (MLs) in state education agency (SEA) leaders’ work. This study employs an ecological perspective to examine how SEA leaders promote social justice policy implementation in their efforts to uphold MLs’ civil rights under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). Re…
Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Economics (2 works) · Education and experiences of immigrants and refugees (2 works) · Global Education and Multiculturalism (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (2 works) · Pedagogy (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Psychology (2 works)