Remarkable things are happening at Laurel Street Elementary School in Los Angeles. Ninety percent of its 580 students are eligible for free or reduced lunch. More than 60 percent of its students are classified as English learners. And yet the school has established a stellar record of success: a national Title I Distinguished School Award … Continue reading
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California Steps Up Focus on English-Language Learners
California’s schools chief has assigned a team of experts to focus exclusively on the needs of California’s estimated 1.5 million English-language learners as the state embarks on numerous initiatives to improve the achievement of students who are learning English in public schools. Karen Cadiero-Kaplan, an education professor at San Diego State University who has specialized in training … Continue reading
California To Create Teaching Credential for Secondary ELLs
The California Commission on Teacher Credentialing has decided to create a new teaching credential for teachers looking to provide English-language-development instruction at the secondary level. Many ELLs in junior high or high school in California take a separate ELD class in addition to their regular English/language arts class. The new credential would aim to prepare … Continue reading
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