http://www.college-campus.com College Campus - Your online education guide and courses. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:03:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yesterday, President Obama visited a charter school in Madison, Wis., where 39 percent of students are English-language learners. Source: Learning the Language http://www.college-campus.com/obama-visits-school-where-large-number-of-students-are-ells.html 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 http://www.college-campus.com/public-hearing-will-look-at-inclusion-of-ells-in-naep.html 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: ... http://www.college-campus.com/tom-horne-persists-in-critique-of-ethnic-studies-in-tucson.html 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 http://www.college-campus.com/quick-facts-on-u-s-immigration.html 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 http://www.college-campus.com/wida-tally-new-mexico-joins-consortium.html