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Guest Voz: How To Fix the Large and Growing Latinx Teacher-Student Gap

Feb 21, 2018, 11:27 AM 0

By Sarah Shapiro and Lisette Partelow ncluido In September 2017, President Donald Trump put 20,000 teachers at risk of deportation when he terminated the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program—the Obama-era initiative that grants temporary protection to unauthorized immigrants who were brought into…

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The Community Speaks: Student-led bilingual education programs in rural Mexico

Jul 16, 2014, 4:24 PM 0

By Chi Anunwa Language Magazine The state of Durango, Mexico, is a study in breathtaking contrasts. On the journey to the county of Mezquital in the southern tip of the state, dramatic desert landscapes give way to the lush,…

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Bilingual Education Takes a New Form in California

Dec 12, 2013, 8:56 AM 0

By Jazzmyne Bogard EL NUEVO SOL With the passing of prop 227 in 1998, which put a ban on bilingual education, many thought bilingual learning had come to an end. This ban on language learning was not because California…

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Future of Peru’s indigenous rests with receiving an education in two tongues

Sep 18, 2013, 12:55 PM 0

LatinaLista — It’s not only nations of immigrants, like the United States, where language is an issue, but it’s also an issue in those countries with strong indigenous communities whose native tongue may not be the official language of…

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Help Wanted: Bilingual Teachers Critical to Connecticut’s Future

Aug 20, 2013, 10:06 AM 0

By Christina Rose CTLatinoNews.com When the O’Brien STEM Academy in East Hartford, Conn. has an opening for an elementary teaching position, they typically get at least 50 qualified applicants. Sometimes, the administration must wade through well over 100 candidates,…

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Connecticut District Replaces Bilingual Classes With English-Dominant Instruction

Jul 26, 2013, 11:51 AM 0

By Katherine Leal Unmuth Latino Ed Beat In New Britain, Connecticut, a new school superintendent has pushed for a dramatic and controversial shift in how to instruct English Language Learners. Superintendent Kelt Cooper is doing away with bilingual education…

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Report Alleges Discrimination Against ELLs in Louisiana

May 6, 2013, 10:34 AM 0

By Katherine Leal Unmuth Latino Ed Beat The Southern Poverty Law Center broadened its federal complaint against the Jefferson Parish Public School System in Louisiana regarding the district’s treatment of Latino immigrant families this week. The SPLC alleges that…

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Delaware school district makes changes in teaching English to English Language Learners

Jan 31, 2013, 11:14 AM 0

Gabriel Pilonieta-Blanco El Tiempo Hispano The Christina School District is preparing to implement changes in teaching English as a second language. As we reported in our last issue, the Christina District administration will implement a series of measures to…

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Guest Voz: The Binghamton, NY tragedy sheds light on the challenges immigrants face learning English

Apr 17, 2009, 10:43 AM 27

By Kathleen Leos and Lisa Saavedra LatinaLista Kathleen Leos, president of The Global Institute for Language & Literacy Development, LLC. Kathleen Leos serves as president of The Global Institute for Language & Literacy Development, LLC. Ms. Leos previously served…