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July 3rd, 2008

Arizona: Schools Moving Forward With ELL Program

The Vail School District is moving forward with implementing the English Language Learner program for the 2008-09 school year, as mandated in a court battle that started in 1992.
Under the state mandate, starting next year, all Arizona schools will be required to teach four hours of English a day to students who aren’t proficient in […]

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June 17th, 2008

Teen ESL results better than ever in canada

Canada: Teen ESL Results Better Than Ever, Province Says
Teens learning English as a second language are passing the provincial literacy test at higher rates than ever. The test, written in March and graded only as pass or fail, determines if students have the reading and writing skills they’re supposed to have gained by the […]

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June 12th, 2008

More South Florida parents are choosing bilingual education for their children

California: For English Language Learners Everything Is an Uphill Battle
“Not to be fluent in English is a disadvantage,” says Nalliber Ruiz a 17-year-old Bell Gardens High School student from Colombia, stating the bleeding obvious. “But at the same time, it is a challenge for me [to learn].”
Ruiz came to the U.S as a teenager. […]

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June 7th, 2008

VUSD Prepares to Revamp Program for English Learners in California

Arizona: Tucson-Area District to Defy State Law on English Immersion
The Tucson-area school district plans to defy a state law requiring all students learning English to have four-hour daily language immersion classes, saying federal civil rights rules take precedence.
The decision by the Sahuarita Unified School District to exclude its middle and high school students drew […]

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June 2nd, 2008

ELL on Earth: US latest

New Mexico: Library Uses Grant to Help English Learners
Clovis-Carver Public Library was awarded a $5,000 grant last week by the American Library Association to add / increase their literacy services to adult English language learners. The grant was funded by the Dollar General Foundation, and was awarded to 34 public libraries across the United States, […]

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May 31st, 2008

Asian Americans Struggling to Keep up

United States: Asian-American Students Struggling Under NCLB, Group Says
Schools are failing to identify struggling Asian-American students under the No Child Left Behind Act and to give them the academic intervention and support they need, a report says.
“Contrary to stereotypes that cast Asian-Americans as model students of academic achievement, many Asian-American students are struggling, failing, and […]

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May 30th, 2008

Mexican bilingual teachers head for Chicago

Texas: Grant Brings iPods to ESL Classes
Ray High School students Jamira Baniqued and Danae Uria, both 15, appeared to breeze through their first language lesson using an iPod. Uria already has one she uses for music and videos. This one will be for learning. “It’s going to be good,” said the native of Cuba, […]

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May 27th, 2008

English learners a small part of overall failures in Arizona

Arizona: English Learners a Small Part of Overall Failures
The Arizona Star’s investigation of social promotion found that students in English-language learner classes account for a relatively small portion of the failures in eight Tucson-area school districts.
The finding comes as rhetoric from the national immigration maelstrom prompts questions about the effects of English-language learners on Arizona’s […]

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May 24th, 2008

Bilingual flexibility in Illinois

Illinois: Teaching Bilingual Education: Schools Want More Flexibility
The Diamond Lake School District 76 wants the state to allow districts more flexibility regarding how they teach students who speak limited English.
“We would like bilingual education to be optional, not mandatory,” rants Superintendent Roger Prosise. “If a district like our district finds another program that works, […]

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May 16th, 2008

Filipino English teacher gets New York Times award

Arizona: ASU Faculty to Develop First Spanish Screener for Language Disorders
Two faculty members in ASU’s Department of Speech and Hearing Science and a faculty member in the Mary Lou Fulton College of Education has been awarded a $1.6 million grant to develop a Spanish language screening measure to identify children at risk for language impairment. […]

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