Safest Jobs? Sep 6, 2009
Kiplinger reported that teachers for any grade level who specialize in math, science or bilingual education should have an easier time finding and keeping a job. College instructors also should have job security as college enrollment rises. (Click2Houston, TX)
High marks for English immersion program Sep 5, 2009
He taught at California State University, Stanislaus, and was working on a grant project at University of the Pacific before starting his consulting business, which also assists districts with bilingual education programs ... Since the 1980s, California state law required schools to provide bilingual education ... After state voters adopted Proposition 227 in 1998, requiring English language instruction in public schools, some schools used exceptions in the law to continue providing bilingual... (Fresno Bee -- Local)
US inspects gaps in Hublanguage instruction Aug 26, 2009
Many programs were thrown into disarray, advocates say, after voters in 2002 abolished widespread use of bilingual education, which allows students to learn subjects in their native tongue until they master English. The new law stresses teaching all subjects in English for nonnative speakers, using a student s native language only sparingly. (Boston Globe)
Dreaming of a Career in Education? Federal Grants May Help Aug 20, 2009
Subject areas with the highest demand include elementary education, math, science, bilingual education, reading, special education and foreign languages. In order to help fill the need for new teachers, the federal government created the Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) grant program offering undergraduate and graduate students up to 4,000 per year for tuition. (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
Teaching sisters share lessons with each other Aug 11, 2009
They all majored in bilingual education and say they enjoy preparing and helping form students into future leaders and college graduates with the help of the children's families ... She worked in finance before returning to the UA and earning a second bachelor's, in bilingual education. (AZCentral -- News)
$9.3m to save indigenous languages Aug 9, 2009
The policy will also encourage the teaching of indigenous languages in schools, although it is understood not to alter the course in the Northern Territory, where bilingual education is set to be scrapped in 2010. Ms Macklin said language was an intrinsic part of identity. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Counter-Tribalism Aug 8, 2009
They downgraded the centrality of English in American life and pushed bilingual education and linguistic diversity ... As a result, on a whole range of policy issues racial preferences, bilingual education, military intervention abroad, open borders the American people are firmly on one side and the American elites are on the other. (The American Conservative)
A close look at Sully candidates Aug 7, 2009
Texas and the nation have a growing and currently unmet demand for public school teachers in the math and sciences, bilingual education, and other fields. All of these needs will provide opportunities for the arts and sciences, working with the education faculty, to build SRSU on the tradition of service to Texas public schools. (Alpine Avalanche, TX)
Backers seek end to charter school cap Aug 5, 2009
Earlier this decade, they voted to end bilingual education. Other voter-approved initiatives, such as public financing of political campaigns and a rollback of the state income tax, have been partially or completely ignored by the Legislature. (Boston Globe)
Young Life group gives McLean County teens a place they belong Aug 4, 2009
The now a leader and Illinois State University bilingual education student, said she remembers hiking with her the Young Life kids in Colorado with hot temperatures and lack of oxygen. "It was cool to see the kids stop and rest together. There is a real sense of accomplishment," said Reable who leads a group of U-High Young Life students. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
ProEnglish Makes Case for Official Language Aug 4, 2009
After 30-plus years and billions of dollars spent on failed bilingual education, ProEnglish favors English immersion classes to teach the language. By more than a two-to-one margin, immigrants themselves say the U.S. should expect newcomers to the country to learn English. (Human Events Online)
Bilingual education key for development Aug 3, 2009
BEIJING, Aug. 3 -- Zhang Qiang has made countless friends over the 20-some years working in different ethnic minority areas and promoting bilingual education ... Zhang, who is of Hui ethnicity, has been promoting bilingual education - an ethnic language and Mandarin - for nearly 20 years. (Xinhuanet, China)
Santa Cruz Valley Unified School District No. 35 sees gains in AIMS test scores Jul 30, 2009
Dear Anonymous wrote on Jul 29, 2009 12:05 AM:" That is why the evil-sounding Bilingual Education is so important down here. Gives a more level playing field. Too bad it's Arizona, where everyone is practically offended by the implication that children would grow up knowing both languages.Speaking English and Spanish fluently? For Shame! ". anonymous wrote on Jul 28, 2009 1:21 PM:" 95% of our kindergartener's do not speak English? WOW. I honestly didn't think it was that high. Maybe children's... (Nogales International, AZ)
High school board could cancel elite program Jul 26, 2009
PHEW wrote on Jul 26, 2009 12:40 AM:" For a minute there I was worried they might cut bilingual education or further foreign aid via education subsidies to illegal aliens. Thank goodness American Citizens get HAMMERED again instead of a bureaucrat, or illegal alien. ". MORE CENTRAL COAST NEWS. (Santa Maria Times)
Young artists visit and learn at Hilltop Jul 25, 2009
The staff consists of Jessica Y. Valencia, this year's art director and a candidate for a master's in Bilingual Education, who will teach 2nd and 3rd grade at Mexicayotl Academy in Nogales. Teachers are: Jennifer Y. Valencia, who will receive her bachelor's degree in Elementary Education May 2010 from the University of Arizona; Stephanie Valencia, who will pursue her bachelor's degree in Elementary Education at the University of Arizona; Alma Pia; and Ana Valencia. (Nogales International, AZ)
Bringing up Chelsea, talking the talk Jul 19, 2009
"How do you teach children who don't know English without breaking their spirit?'' she asked and elaborated on a number of experiments in bilingual education that the US was trying. Aamir Khan and Hillary, who shared the dais, seemed to chime on the same page. When Aamir talked about how education should be about encouraging children to question and think and not just to improve their memory power, Hillary nodded away. School should be more about caring than competition, continued Aamir, and... (India Times, India -- Community News)
Of Race, Gender and Justice Jul 18, 2009
She made dubious arguments in support of bilingual education and tried to equate English language requirements with national origin discrimination. As a judge, she dissented from an opinion that the Voting Rights Act does not give prison inmates the right to vote. (Human Events Online)
Spanish immersion preschool to open in Porter Square Jul 15, 2009
Its educational philosophy is based on the documented benefits of a bilingual education during the early childhood years. At Pine Village, children are immersed in the joy of two languages, laughter and learning as they engage in an emergent and exciting curriculum. (Cambridge Chronicle, MA)
Sotomayor is hard to label, colleagues say Jul 12, 2009
From 1980 to 1992, she was active with the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, whose priorities included boosting bilingual education and opposing the death penalty. "Capital punishment is associated with evident racism in our society," Sotomayor and two other defense fund leaders wrote in a March 1981 memo. (News & Observer)
Hispanic Rights Group At Center Of Sotomayor Fight Jul 12, 2009
His group points to suits like Aspira vs. New York City Board of Education as among its biggest accomplishments, forcing city schools to implement bilingual education for non-English speaking students. Another suit against the city's police department brought about an increase in the number of Latino officers in the police force. (Click2Houston, TX)
Bilingual education plan approved Jul 10, 2009
Ensure that personnel endorsed in Bilingual Education, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, or certified in Native American Language and Culture are delivering instruction ... This plan will address Bilingual Education and ESL (English as a second language) principles and strategies. (Grants Cibola County Beacon, NM)
Sotomayor Challengers Call White Firefighter to Testify at Senate Hearings Jul 10, 2009
They also will ask her about her 12-year affiliation with the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, a group that pressed suits on job discrimination, bilingual education and minority voting rights. As a member of the groups board, Sotomayor signed a 1981 memo opposing the restoration of the death penalty in New York. (Bloomberg -- US)
Roslindale's Guillaume knocks disability out of the park Jul 7, 2009
At Fenway High School, Guillaume discovered that her learning disability was originated from the bilingual education she s been through, and developed different strategies to manage schoolwork with the help of her teachers. Because she knew she was a slow reader, she would ask her teacher for more time, or she would ask the teacher if she could have the book in advance. (Rsolindale Parkway Transcript, MA)
Group Sotomayor advised fought job tests Jul 6, 2009
"For example, PRLDEF has brought cases for bilingual ballots, the rights of employees to speak Spanish and, of course, bilingual education," the memorandum says. The documents also reveal that PRLDEF joined a coalition of civil rights group to lobby Congress to override a 1989 Supreme Court decision that made it more difficult for people to prevail in job discrimination suits. (Yahoo News -- Politics)
Group Sotomayor Belonged to Sued Over Job Tests Jul 5, 2009
In addition to the job discrimination lawsuits, the material details cases PRLDEF handled on Hispanic voting suppression, bilingual education and housing, among others. In one such suit, Puerto Rican residents sought to stop the establishment of a rental community in Brooklyn for predominantly white, low-income elderly tenants on the grounds it wasn't being made available to the area's mostly minority residents. (Newsmax)
Group sends Sotomayor files to Senate Jul 1, 2009
Among the causes it took up while Sotomayor served on the board were bilingual education, support for abortion rights and opposition to the death penalty, which it equated with racism. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Supreme Court says AZ spends enough to teach English Jul 1, 2009
At the time, ADE allocated 150 extra per year for each ELL student, said Ana Doan Woolfolk, bilingual education director at NUSD from 1990 to 2000 ... After the 2000 order was entered, Arizona voters replaced bilingual education with structured English immersion (SEI) ... Research and findings by the State Department of Education support the view that SEI is significantly more effective than bilingual education, reads the court syllabus. (Nogales International, AZ)
Music to move forward at Bluewater and San Rafael Jun 30, 2009
The board went on to approve a consent agenda of four items: Title I American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Stimulus Application 2009-2010; State Bilingual Education Application 2009-2010; Title III Application, English Language Acquisition 2009-2010; and Consolidated Application 2009-2010. Board Member Jerry Smith raised the issue of tribal involvement and equity during the process. (Grants Cibola County Beacon, NM)
Federal judge acted improperly when order in lawmakers to provide more funding for English education Jun 26, 2009
The most significant, he said, was voter approval in November 2000 of a law which mandated statewide imposition of "structured English immersion'' classes for those youngsters who are not yet proficient.That essentially requires classes to be taught primarily in English, with students who need it given separate instruction in learning the language. That was designed to replace practices in many districts of bilingual education, where core classes were taught in a student's native... (Douglas Daily Dispatch, AZ)
Five More Myths the Left Has Created About Itself Jun 24, 2009
This is why the Left has supported laughable nonsense like teaching Ebonics and bilingual education programs. It's also why the Left opposes vouchers and even merit pay for good teachers -- because the teachers unions don't want the sad sacks in their ranks to look bad by comparison. (Townhall.com)
Joe Serna's bilingual graduates (7) Jun 20, 2009
Lodi Unified, armed with a possible school site and the knowledge of what was needed in the area, decided to build a charter that focused on strengthening bilingual education, planners said at the time. At the beginning, Serna had 200 students, but as word-of-mouth about the new program spread throughout the area, children from outside of the three targeted schools started coming in. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Sotomayor’s La Raza Uses Taxpayer Money for Radical Agenda Jun 17, 2009
If a group of United States citizens trekked to another country, formed an organization called The Race, which demanded open borders, unfettered immigration and citizenship, billions of dollars for bilingual education, health care, housing, job and wage guarantees, and anti-discrimination protection, they would likely soon be jailed or deported in a display of righteous sovereign indignation. But the National Council of La Raza engages in all these activities in the United States, and it... (Human Events Online)
Ruben Navarrette Jr: By disrespecting Sotomayor, the GOP greatly damages itself Jun 4, 2009
Tom Tancredo who ironically built a career pandering to nativists, opposing bilingual education and the popularization of the Spanish language, and trying to halt immigration, legal and otherwise called the National Council of La Raza (which claims Sotomayor as a member) the "Latino KKK without the hoods or the nooses.". The most childish comment came from Sen. (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
Budget plans for voucher schools raise complaints Jun 4, 2009
"There are any number of parents who have specifically come to St. Anthony because we do not force bilingual education on English language learners," he said. Colon said he hasn't seen anything to document the school's claims of success. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Loyal opposition among the GOP is welcome, but self-interest isn't Jun 4, 2009
Bilingual education is racist and hurts the people it's supposed to help. " timberlake wrote on Jun 3, 2009 6:55 PM:" We don't need loyal opposition nor disloyal opposition. (Waterloo Courier, IO)
GOP risks losing Latino vote for decades Jun 3, 2009
Tom Tancredo - who ironically built a career pandering to nativists, opposing bilingual education and the popularization of the Spanish language, and trying to halt immigration, legal and otherwise - called the National Council of La Raza (which claims Sotomayor as a member) the "Latino KKK without the hoods or the nooses.". The most childish comment came from South Carolina Sen. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Immigrants add spice to Californian life May 31, 2009
T.J.: In California we used to have a fairly robust bilingual education programme but in 1998, with proposition 227, California voters elected to end bilingual education. swissinfo. (SwissInfo.org, Switzerland)
Hilltop Gallery summer art program set to start June 8 May 30, 2009
Nogales International Print Edition. Published Friday, May 29, 2009 10:09 AM MDT. (Nogales International, AZ)
Despite budget cuts, dual language program soldiers on May 30, 2009
Educators hope to "make students proud and pleased to be bilingual," said Sara Hamerla, a Fuller Middle School eighth-grade teacher who is in charge of that building's English as a second language and bilingual education programs. Before her current job, she spent five years working in the district's dual immersion program, and she serves on the board for the Massachusetts Association of Teachers of Speakers of Other Languages. (Framingham TAB, MA)
Economic update: Bad, but not chaotically horrible May 29, 2009
I think that's a concern that most Americans share at some level, which is the root of the angst over excessive immigration, bilingual education, official English, etc. I have only one question. (Salon)
Budget woes may dim a bilingual beacon May 13, 2009
In Massachusetts, where voters approved dismantling bilingual education for English language learners seven years ago, the Legislature allowed schools like the Hernndez to persist because of its dual mission. Ideally, these schools are evenly divided between students who are native Spanish speakers and native English speakers. (Boston Globe)
his Nightline confession was a second edifice of lies May 9, 2009
It's perfectly reasonable for native English speakers to worry if enough new immigrants whose ethnic leaders demand bilingual education will learn English. They probably will, but Obama's saying it's wrong to even worry about it. (Slate)
• Events calendar May 8, 2009
Fourth annual College of Southern Idaho Civil Liberties Symposium, with the theme "Color and the Constitution," 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. JUNE 25-26 at CSI's Fine Arts Theater, 315 Falls Ave. W. Features 14 speakers and presenters: John Tateishi, national director of Japanese American Citizens League; Dave Adler, Idaho State University political scientist; Raquel Arenz, CSI professor of bilingual education; Gerard Baker, superintendent of Mount Rushmore National Monument; Raymond Cross, University of... (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Proposed daycare has council wary May 6, 2009
The ultimate idea behind having a daycare is that it will benefit the community by offering services that the town needs in terms of childcare, skilled development for children, and what the town does not have right now: bilingual education. Randall said that Nicotera is entitled to her view about the daycare being driven by a profit motive. (Weymouth News, MA)
Forest Grove City Library plans annual Children's Day celebration Apr 29, 2009
Search Local Business Listings. THE EDGEYour daily dose of hilarity from The Oregonian. (OregonLive, OR -- Living)
Supreme Court hears local case on education Apr 29, 2009
The parents wanted to sue the district because they didnt feel the district was funding their childrens education adequately, said Ana Doan Woolfolk, bilingual education director at NUSD from 1990 to 2000. At the direction of Raul Bejarano, then superintendent, Woolfolk explained to the parents that the state allotted 150 each year per student classified as an English language learner (ELL). (Nogales International, AZ)
HAWC expands with three hires Apr 18, 2009
Donovan received his bachelor s degree in Spanish-English bilingual education and teaching English as a second language at Boston University. I am very excited to be a part of HAWC s evolution and adaptation of its prevention program, said Donovan. (Marblehead Reporter, MA)
Poor Nicaragua and rich Switzerland swap ideas Apr 18, 2009
Wilson coordinates the intercultural bilingual educational programmes of a local non-governmental organisation, Fadcanic the Foundation for the Autonomy and Development of the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua which is active in education, agriculture and the environment ... "The bilingual education there is for students with the highest grades. You have to compete to be part of a bilingual programme. It's for a privileged group of society," she said ... It is up to civil society to try to... (SwissInfo.org, Switzerland)
Calmy-Rey visits troubled West Africa region Apr 17, 2009
For example, there is pioneering work being done in bilingual education in Burkina Faso. At the end of 2008, the Swiss government announced that it would allocate SFr24 million to the country for 2009 to 2011, to help establish the necessary conditions for strong and sustainable growth and the alleviation of poverty. (SwissInfo.org, Switzerland)
Illegal Families Having More Kids In U.S. Apr 15, 2009
EDUCATION must be relative to our people, i.e., history, culture, bilingual education, contributions, etc. Community control of our schools, our teachers, our administrators, our counselors, and our programs. (CBS News)
Bilingual Babies Get Head Start -- Before They Can Talk Apr 14, 2009
"In many European countries, parents are wary of giving a bilingual education to their kids and try to speak only one language," said study author Jacques Mehler of the Language, Cognition, and Development Lab at the International School for Advanced Studies in Trieste, Italy. "They are afraid [their children] might suffer when they get to school and so on," Mehler said. (National Geographic)
Boston students struggle with English-only rule Apr 7, 2009
"It's always a crime when the potential of any kid is wasted away because a school system didn't provide the services they should be," said Jane E. Lopez, a staff attorney with Multicultural Education, Training, and Advocacy Inc., a national probilingual education group with offices in Massachusetts ... The ballot question ended the state's three-decade-old transitional bilingual education program, which promoted the practice of teaching English language learners subjects in their native... (Boston Globe)
Tax And Spend: On Stimulus, New York Follows D.C. Apr 1, 2009
Then there's the restoration of spending for teacher training centers, adult literacy programs and bilingual education schemes, $125 million more for the State University of New York, as well as $86 million more for the City University of New York, plus $50 million in financial aid for college students, and a new $50 billion low-interest loan program for New York residents in college. Senate Democrats hid the specifics of "member item" projects in the budget, instead simply listing an $85... (Investors Business Daily)
Jaylyn Sanchez wins Spanish Spelling Bee Apr 1, 2009
The winners had been practicing the official wordlist provided by the New Mexico Association for Bilingual Education since February. All three expressed enthusiasm for the contest and said they would participate again next year. (Grants Cibola County Beacon, NM)
Taxes, Fees, Budget Cuts In 2009-10 NY Budget Mar 30, 2009
--Funding for teacher training centers and adult literacy and bilingual education programs. --$125 million more to the State University of New York, for a total of $2. (CBS 2, NY)
An ancient culture, bulldozed away in China Mar 24, 2009
A bilingual education program begun in local schools several years ago, for example, had been welcomed by Uighurs who agreed that learning Mandarin Chinese would be good for business. But recently, some schools have started teaching just Mandarin, angering parents who want their children to also use their own language. (Huntington WSAZ-TV, WV)
Living Buddha: Tibetan culture well preserved Mar 19, 2009
All schools in Tibet have bilingual education in Tibetan and Chinese, said Shingtsa Tenzinchodrak, adding that some of the schools also teach English. Shingtsa Tenzinchodrak is in the United States for a visit as the head of a five-member delegation of the Tibetan NPC deputies. (Xinhuanet, China)
Indians challenging Morales in Bolivia face danger Mar 18, 2009
Rising to vice president under President Gonzalo Sanchez de Losada from 1993-97, he did much to enshrine in Bolivia's legal code greater equality for its natives particularly in bilingual education in a society where Indians only won the right to vote in 1952 and still face discrimination. "The political fight is part of my personal history. They jailed and tortured me during the dictatorships but never did anyone take action against my wife and children. And if (former dictator Hugo) Banzer... (International Herald Tribune)
Substitute teaching applications surge Mar 11, 2009
In Detroit, the only substitutes sought are those trained in bilingual education ... "A lot of them are coming from the auto industry technical positions, such as engineers." But the only openings left are in bilingual education. (USA Today)
More U.S. schools, universities offer Chinese classes Mar 8, 2009
According to Hsu, who has been a school board member for 18 years, the school district is also proud of having the first kindergarten in Southern California to start bilingual education. Wedgeworth Kindergarten started to teach Chinese to all kids from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. everyday before English classes are taught. (Xinhuanet, China)
Diversity in Southeast Asian Histor... Mar 7, 2009
Examples include Malaysia s change of medium of instruction in teaching of maths and science from Malay to English since 2002, as well as Singapore s continual tinkering of its bilingual education policy. Similarities. (Suite101.com)
Court slaps tight limits on Sizemore Mar 7, 2009
His causes have included lowering taxes, barring bilingual education, weakening unions and instituting merit pay for teachers. All five measures lost in November. (OregonLive, OR -- News)
Field narrowed to three finalists Mar 7, 2009
She has a masters degree in bilingual education and 20 years experience in kindergarten through 12th grade education. Experience. (Nogales International, AZ)
Use of dialects interfere with learning of Mandarin & English Mar 7, 2009
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THE ANTI-REFORMER Mar 5, 2009
On the big policy debates - vouchers, social promotion, bilingual education and mayoral control - he was never more than a bit player ... He opposed Giuliani's drives for private-school vouchers, for merit pay for teachers, for reform of bilingual education and for mayoral control. (New York Post -- Opinions)
