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Learning the Language

From innovations to government policy, Mary Ann Zehr looks at the broad perspective of immigration and education.
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Iraqi Refugees Trickle in to the United States

Oct 31, 2008
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...

Obama Visits School Where Large Number of Students Are ELLs

Nov 5, 2009
Yesterday, President Obama visited a charter school in Madison, Wis., where 39 percent of students are English-language learners.

Public Hearing Will Look at Inclusion of ELLs in NAEP

Nov 5, 2009
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.

Tom Horne Persists in Critique of Ethnic Studies in Tucson

Nov 4, 2009
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...

Quick Facts on U.S. Immigration

Nov 3, 2009
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.

WIDA Tally: New Mexico Joins Consortium

Nov 2, 2009
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.

Iraqi Refugees Trickle in to the United States



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Rana Sinha
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Posted 12/17/08 12:12 AM


David J.
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  Mary Ann Zehr tackles the difficult education policy questions, explores learning innovations, and shares stories about different cultural groups on her beat.
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  Very up-to-date with current information not readily available elsewhere.
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