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“Just like we say we have to educate the whole student, it’s the same approach. The parallel is that we have to support the whole educator,” Denver's superintendent said of the district's International Educators Institute, which aims to help recruit and retain educators from other countries.
Nieto, professor emerita of language, literacy and culture in the College of Education, is one of 250 new members elected to the prestigious American Academy of Arts & Sciences for 2024, the academy announced this week.
The French dual-language immersion program at Fort Collins' Axis International Academy received the Label of FrancEducation from the French government.
The district’s goal comes as the Chicago Public Schools has welcomed about 6,000 newly arrived immigrant students this school year so far, officials say.
Education news from Orange County and beyond
A new bilingual college program will be offered, enabling immigrants get credit for previous experience in another country.
A new report (https://www.migrationpolicy.org/research/state-accountability-systems-english-learners) from the Migration Policy Institute’s National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy sketches a new vision for state accountability systems, drawing on quantitative and qualitative research to outline potential refinements as policymakers seek to improve current systems and make changes to future iterations of federal education law. States have been meeting their mandate under federal law to develop systems to hold K-12 schools accountable for the outcomes of all students, through the collection and use of data that illuminate the needs and gaps for historically underserved student groups, including English Learners (ELs). While these accountability systems are
Immigration is a hot-button issue these days, but people studying to become bilingual teachers at one California university are making an effort to lower the temperature. San Diego State University's bilingual credential program sends prospective teachers on a four-day trip to impoverished schools in Tijuana, to help them understand the conditions many of their future students experience. Erika Sandoval from Santa Clarita is a teacher-in-training in her first year of the program.
A Maricopa County Superior Court judge today dismissed Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne’s lawsuit seeking to see dual language programs for English Language Learners declared illegal.
Two undergraduates in the Lobo Language Acquisition Lab at The University of New Mexico are studying linguistic bias and its effects and working to raise teachers’ awareness of it in the classroom. The LLA Lab teacher outreach team i
Preserving Indian French, as community members call it, has taken on new urgency as climate-related hurricanes and coastal erosion threaten to displace the tribe
English learners’ equitable access to education remains unfilled, experts identify key barriers and remain hopeful for the next 50 years.
Last month, management of Title III—the state grants for improving instruction of English learners, amounting to $890 million (FY2023)—returned to the US Department of Education’s Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA), having been under the remit of the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) for the last 15 years. The move will likely increase attention on, and maybe even funding for, multilingual learners.Back in February, education secretary Miguel Cardona notified Congress of his intention to move functions involving the administration of state-administered grants under Title III of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) from OESE to OELA, where they
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The Toussaint L’Ouverture Academy at Mattahunt Elementary School in Boston is teaching Creole and English to children while also celebrating Haitian culture.
This past fall, we were writing animal counting stories in my first-grade class. I had one of the best experiences as I was working with my students to develop the stories. The students were going to have a choice to write primarily in English or primarily in Iñupiaq. Since we were writing about animals, I was reviewing the animal names in English and Iñupiaq to create a word wall to support them in their writing. I would flash an animal and the students would shout, “Tuttu!”“Aarigaa,” I’d say, “What is it in English?”Silence.“Tuttu is caribou. Suna una?” I would say
The number of Oklahoma students taking tribal language classes has grown by the thousands in public schools.
Claudia Rivera Cotto reports for Enlace Latino NC on the importance of Latino representation on school boards in NC.
Advocates and school staff say the test was not designed for 4-year-olds and may misidentify young children as English learners.
Following Mahina ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (February's Hawaiian Language Month), the U.S. Department of the Interior announced new guidance to preserve and also elevate knowledge and practice of the Hawaiian language. A thorough new departmental manual chapter addresses nationwide commitments to continue honoring and integrating Indigenous cultural practices, particularly within conservation stewardship and environmental affairs. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland said, “Prioritizing the preservation of the Hawaiian language and culture and elevating Indigenous Knowledge is central to the Biden-Harris administration's work to meet the unique needs of the Native Hawaiian Community,” adding “As we deploy historic resources to Hawaiʻi from President
The new bilingual degree program will offer classes in a dual language format to equip students with professional proficiency in both Spanish and English.
Divided opinions over bill requiring Science of Reading implementation in California
Two prominent organizations say the proposal would dismantle progress made to improve reading instruction for those students.
The growing research base on dual-language immersion’s benefits for English learners is pushing many policymakers to prioritize linguistic diversity in multilingual schools. What does this mean for racial diversity? And where do African American students fit in? Like many dual language immersion (DLI) schools, Indianapolis’s Global Preparatory Academy at Riverside 44 (GPA) is audibly, astonishingly diverse.1 Like many other Spanish–English DLI campuses around the country, its annual Celebration of Cultures features flags, outfits, and music from across Latin America—and the broader world.2 Students of all backgrounds sparkle through traditional and modern songs in Spanish and perform dances with roots in
Is it a disability or a simple difference?
$890 million in Title III grants moved to the federal office of English language acquisition in December.
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