June 4, 2012, 12:05 AM
Civil rights groups are accusing the state of violating the constitutional rights of English learners in the Dinuba Unified School District by implementing a program that bars first- and second-grade non-English-speaking students from reading classes. District teachers and parents say the...
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March 22, 2012, 12:05 AM
At Chula Vista Learning Community Charter School, students are taught lessons every week in a combination of Spanish, English and Mandarin. The public school, which has more than 400 students on its wait list, is hoping to eventually add a fourth language, the principal says, to better prepare...
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November 4, 2011, 12:05 AM
California community college faculty and community members questioned this week whether draft recommendations from a task force aimed at increasing student success could have negative consequences for groups that receive special services, such as English as a Second Language students, CalWORKs...
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November 1, 2011, 12:05 AM
Asian Americans overall obtain high levels of formal education, but an analysis of recent census data reveals large disparities between Asian American ethnic groups. The percentage of high school graduates is as high as 96 percent among Taiwanese Americans and as low as 61 percent among Hmong...
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October 24, 2011, 12:05 AM
More than a decade after voters approved an initiative to limit bilingual education in public schools, the state is using a hodgepodge of programs. Meanwhile, critics contend, young students pay the price.
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October 24, 2011, 12:05 AM
BALDWIN PARK – El fin del día escolar en la clase de kindergarten de Patty Sánchez en la Escuela Primaria Geddes no es tan diferente al de otras clases de kindergarten de todo el estado. Los niños se reúnen en una alfombra mientras Sánchez sostiene un libro sobre un coyote y una tortuga y lee en...
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October 23, 2011, 12:23 AM
En una fría mañana de invierno Nicole Miller recorrió el salón de clases de cuarto grado en esta pequeña ciudad en el Valle de Salinas, haciendo preguntas a sus estudiantes sobre temas que probablemente encuentren en las pruebas del estado en la primavera.
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October 23, 2011, 12:04 AM
Figures suggest that huge numbers of California’s Hispanic students, the majority of whom are English-language learners, are missing a key benchmark that could affect the state’s long-term future: the ability to read fluently by third grade.
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March 22, 2011, 12:06 AM
The first time John Sinnott Elementary School sent the note home for the kindergartner's parents to sign, it was not returned. The second time, the note – printed on an 8.5-by-11-inch sheet of pink paper – was pinned to the student's shirt. Requiring parents to sign off on...
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December 3, 2010, 12:05 AM
Students learning English speak more than 150 languages nationwide. The challenges schools face in teaching these students may be most evident in California, which hosts the most English language learners in the country. The number of English language learners is growing across the country,...
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July 15, 2010, 4:58 PM
For some low-income parents, the decision by many school districts to shorten the school year has raised anxieties about the extra costs it could impose on them.
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