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When I interviewed Iraqi refugee students and parents in Jordan in February, it seemed unlikely that any Iraqis I met would end up in the United States. At that point, the United States had admitted...
Some school districts are helping to fill a shortage of bilingual teachers through international teacher exchanges, but that strategy for alleviating shortages is still "relatively unexplored," according to a report released yesterday by the Migration...
This coming spring, Tennessee will give its state assessment to English-language learners for the first time in "simplified English," according to a spokeswoman for the Tennessee Department of Education. The state is calling the alternative test form...
Diane Ravitch over at Bridging Differences observes that many charter schools "have disproportionately small numbers of children who need special education or who are English-language learners."
That complaint has been popping up in a number of...
The National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition is hosting several webinars on issues concerning ELLs, including one this week about how math teachers can best work with such students. The math webinar features the FASTMath program used in...
Some Massachusetts lawmakers are pushing for the state to permit undocumented students to pay in-state tuition rates at public universities, according to an Associated Press article. It says Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, a Democrat, supports a bill...
Mary Ann Zehr tackles the difficult education policy questions, explores learning innovations, and shares stories about different cultural groups on her beat.