Hispanic students aren't catching up
Hispanic fourth and eighth graders didn’t catch up in math and reading from 1990 to 2009, concludes Achievement Gaps, a National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) report issued yesterday....
View ArticlePoor English skills cost adults $3,000 a year
The 16.5 million Spanish-speaking adults who aren’t proficient in English forego $37.7 billion a year in earnings, estimates the Lexington Institute. That’s about $3,000 a year in earnings per worker....
View ArticleLearning science — and English
In California’s wine country, elementary schoolers are learning science and developing English proficiency at the same time, reports Ed Week. The Exploratorium, a San Francisco science museum, has...
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Parents lie to avoid English Learner label
Eager to keep their children in mainstream classes, parents are lying on surveys designed to identify “English Learners,” reports AP. If anyone in the family speaks a language other than English, the...
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Bilingual ed measure touts ‘English proficiency’
Kindergartener Maximilian Krendzelak answers teacher Marisol Alarcon at River Glen, a dual-immersion K-8 school in San Jose. Students learn primarily in Spanish in the early grades. Photo: Dan...
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