College Campus

Obama Visits School Where Large Number of Students Are ELLs

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:38:48 +0000

Yesterday, President Obama visited a charter school in Madison, Wis., where 39 percent of students are English-language learners.

Source: Learning the Language

Public Hearing Will Look at Inclusion of ELLs in NAEP

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:10:51 +0000

The governing board for the National Assessment of Educational Progress will hold a public hearing on Monday about including of English-language learners and students with disabilities on the test.

Source: Learning the Language

Tom Horne Persists in Critique of Ethnic Studies in Tucson

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:15:12 +0000

In his latest move to try to get Tucson Unified School District to halt offering ethnic studies, Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction has commissioned a study looking at the test scores of students who take the ethnic studies compared with Hispanics in the state who don’t.

Source: Learning the Language

Quick Facts on U.S. Immigration

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:00:35 +0000

Of immigrants living in the United States who are age 25 and older, only 27.1 percent had a bachelor’s degree or higher in 2008, according to facts put together by the Migration Policy Institute.

Source: Learning the Language

WIDA Tally: New Mexico Joins Consortium

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:55:51 +0000

New Mexico has joined 19 states and the District of Columbia in adopting the most popular English-language-proficiency test in the nation, ACCESS for ELLs.

Source: Learning the Language