The Institute equips school leaders with solutions to the major challenges they face in improving the performance of English
language learners in their schools.
Not exact matches
Even though Pioneer is considered a «high - needs
school» and enrolls a large number of English
language learners and children of immigrants, every student gets a chance to learn
in Jones» high - tech classroom.
Hardly seems worth the money to tie ourselves to a system that, at best, may help already college - bound kids attend marginally better colleges but will likely cause at - risk youths, English
language learners and students with disabilities to fail
in school in even greater numbers.
The measure also would require charters — publicly funded but privately managed
schools — to enroll special - education students and English -
language learners at rates comparable to traditional public
schools in their districts.
The U.F.T. report found that
in Manhattan's District 5, for example, English
language learners make up 6 percent of the charter
school enrollment compared to the district average of 14 percent.
Amid calls for more integration
in New York City's public
schools, 19
schools will give priority
in admissions for next fall to low - income students or English
language learners, joining seven already
in a «diversity
in admissions» pilot project.
With 46
schools across Brooklyn, the Bronx, Manhattan, and Queens, Success Academy enrolls 15,500 students, primarily low - income children of color
in disadvantaged neighborhoods: 75 % of students receive free or reduced - price lunch, 87 % are children of color, 16 % are children with disabilities, and 8 % are English
language learners.
Here
in the Ctiy of Buffalo this year a report from the Council on Great City
Schools on Improving the Academic Achievement of English
Language Learners in the Buffalo Public
Schools System cited that only 21 % of these students graduate from high
school and the academic achievement programs ignored them as a group as though they don't exist with as many as 100 never recieving their mandated
language instruction.
«Our new
school in District 6 will absolutely serve children
in the district and we have an excellent track record of educating students with disabilities and [English
language learners],» Lyon said.
We need state
school aid to lower class sizes, provide extra support to students with disabilities and English
language learners, and expand STEM and other academic offerings
in our
schools.
That includes $ 1.5 billion to continue current services and an additional $ 500 million
in targeted funding to boost professional development and help struggling
schools and English
language learners.
Implementation
in five Saint Paul Public
Schools serving high proportions of dual
language learners led to gains
in literacy of nearly a half a year at the end of preschool.
Michael Orosco, associate professor of special education, said the findings are important, as they can help
schools differentiate English -
language learners with reading disabilities from those who are simply struggling with learning
in a second
language.
By the time they reach third grade, English -
language learners may begin to struggle with a more challenging reading curriculum, and because of this, their
school may examine them more closely for comprehension challenges and may eventually refer them to the
school's special education team for a learning disability diagnosis
in their second
language without fully assessing them
in their native
language.
It's primarily aimed at English
language learners from CLB 2 - 4, but it could also be used
in elementary
school classes.
Unfortunately, charter
schools and regular public
schools have some information recorded differently
in the New York City database, and these differences cause charter
schools» numbers of special education and English
language learner students to be understated.
A larger challenge for policymakers and education leaders is to rethink the specialist model as the panacea for augmenting instruction for English
language learners in today's linguistically diverse
schools, many with large concentrations of Hispanic students.
They spoke about the support needed for
learners» psychosocial well - being,
language support, classroom management and positive discipline, culturally responsive pedagogical training, host country curriculum support, and mitigating physical, sexual and gender - based violence
in schools.
How can
schools like WHEELS, a K - 12 with a high English -
language learner population, create powerful and consistent family engagement
in student - led conferences?
And it put a special focus on ensuring that states and
schools boost the performance of certain groups of students, such as English -
language learners, students
in special education, and poor and minority children, whose achievement, on average, trails their peers.
Along the same lines, English
language learners feel particularly welcomed when there are books
in their native
languages in the
school.
In a study of 90 English language learners in a Southern California public school system, Harvard Graduate School of Education Professor Nonie Lesaux, along with then - doctoral students Michael Kieffer and Amy Crosson, took a closer look at why these children fall behind, and how new instructional strategies might redress the balanc
In a study of 90 English
language learners in a Southern California public school system, Harvard Graduate School of Education Professor Nonie Lesaux, along with then - doctoral students Michael Kieffer and Amy Crosson, took a closer look at why these children fall behind, and how new instructional strategies might redress the balanc
in a Southern California public
school system, Harvard Graduate School of Education Professor Nonie Lesaux, along with then - doctoral students Michael Kieffer and Amy Crosson, took a closer look at why these children fall behind, and how new instructional strategies might redress the ba
school system, Harvard Graduate
School of Education Professor Nonie Lesaux, along with then - doctoral students Michael Kieffer and Amy Crosson, took a closer look at why these children fall behind, and how new instructional strategies might redress the ba
School of Education Professor Nonie Lesaux, along with then - doctoral students Michael Kieffer and Amy Crosson, took a closer look at why these children fall behind, and how new instructional strategies might redress the balance.
It refers to
schools with stubborn achievement gaps or weak performance among «subgroup» students, such as English -
language learners or students
in special education.
Focus
School: A school with persistent achievement gaps or poor performance among «subgroup» students, such as English - language learners or students in special educ
School: A
school with persistent achievement gaps or poor performance among «subgroup» students, such as English - language learners or students in special educ
school with persistent achievement gaps or poor performance among «subgroup» students, such as English -
language learners or students
in special education.
First, we use our entire sample to analyze the extent to which the
schools that students attend can explain the overall variation
in student test scores and fluid cognitive skills, controlling for differences
in prior achievement and student demographic characteristics (including gender, age, race / ethnicity, and whether the student is from a low - income family, is an English
language learner, or is enrolled
in special education).
Assistant Professor Nonie Lesaux was named a William T. Grant Scholar last week earning a $ 350,000 award to be given over five years
in support of her research on English -
language learners in urban public
schools.
For these reasons, Lesaux explains that policymakers and education leaders should rethink the way that specialists are used to augment instruction for English
language learners in today's linguistically diverse
schools.
My students were quick to fill the white board with ideas: cheating
in schools, discrimination, racism, negative attitudes towards English
language learners.
In Ontario, schools have raised their test scores and graduation rates by providing resources such as full - time student success teachers, who help English - language learners and other students in nee
In Ontario,
schools have raised their test scores and graduation rates by providing resources such as full - time student success teachers, who help English -
language learners and other students
in nee
in need.
NISW highlights and celebrates the progress U.S.
schools have made
in using inclusive practices to ensure a quality education for an increasingly diverse student population, including students with disabilities, those from low socio - economic backgrounds, and English
language learners,» according to a release from the organizers.
Julie Nariman is the founding principal of the High
School of Language and Innovation, a high school for newcomer English language learners in the Bronx which began in
School of
Language and Innovation, a high
school for newcomer English language learners in the Bronx which began in
school for newcomer English
language learners in the Bronx which began
in 2011.
Judge Robert B. Freedman agreed with the plaintiffs
in Valenzuela v. O'Connell that students who have failed the test — especially English -
language learners — have not had a fair chance to learn the material because they were more likely than others to attend overcrowded
schools and have unqualified teachers.
The formula included weights for housing prices, minority, English - as a second
language learners, children with special needs, children who are permitted free
school meals,
schools located
in rural under - privileged areas, rusting economic areas and with high percentages of «working classes».
This month, 10
school districts
in California charged
in a suit that their state is not complying with the federal law's mandate to test English -
language learners «
in a valid and reliable manner,» as the law says.
State efforts at carrying out requirements to test English -
language learners under the No Child Left Behind Act are receiving increased scrutiny, as hundreds of
schools across the country fail to meet goals for adequate yearly progress at least
in part because of such students» scores.
A growing chorus of people are saying that some
school districts are overzealous
in categorizing students as English -
language learners in the aim of complying with federal and state laws to ensure that children of immigrants get extra help with English.
The California Department of Education has announced data that suggests the state's
schools were improving by leaps and bounds
in helping English -
language learners become fluent
in the
language.
A study of a representative sample of
schools in California shows that
schools where the principal and the district extensively used test data to improve instruction and student learning had the highest achievement for English -
language learners.
Ninety - five percent of students at Redwood City's Hoover
School, in San Mateo County, come from low - income and working - class Latino families, and nearly all start school as English language learners (
School,
in San Mateo County, come from low - income and working - class Latino families, and nearly all start
school as English language learners (
school as English
language learners (ELLs).
In particular, we know each student's gender, ethnicity, whether they received free or reduced - price lunch through the federal lunch program, whether they were English
language learners or received special education services, and their record of suspensions and absences from
school.
A promising counter-movement focusing on writing structure and mechanics seems to be gaining momentum, driven
in equal measure by the Common Core and a 2012 article
in the Atlantic highlighting the success some
schools have had with a back - to - basics approach, especially with low - income students and English
language learners.
Since PLCs were organized at the district's Jefferson Elementary
School, where 60 percent of the students are English -
language learners, those students have hit 53 percent proficiency
in English
language arts, an enormous jump from 3 percent
in 2002.
In order to provide authentic bilingual education, schools must have teachers who are fluent in the language and enough English Learners from the same language group to fill a classroom without combining students from more than two grade levels in one classroo
In order to provide authentic bilingual education,
schools must have teachers who are fluent
in the language and enough English Learners from the same language group to fill a classroom without combining students from more than two grade levels in one classroo
in the
language and enough English
Learners from the same
language group to fill a classroom without combining students from more than two grade levels
in one classroo
in one classroom.
In the year prior to entering a KIPP
school, 80 percent of the KIPP students are from low - income families, as measured by eligibility for free or reduced - price
school breakfast and lunch (FRPL); 96 percent are either black or Hispanic; 7 percent are English
language learners; and 7 percent receive special education services (see Figure 1a).
Education policy must ensure that all
learners, including minority
language speakers, access
school in a
language they know.»
«This appointment supports my deep commitment to generating knowledge to advance the field's ability to promote the academic achievement for all students
in urban
schools, especially English -
language learners,» Lesaux said.
In addition, the Common Core Standards include significant attention to
language development for the overall
school population, with a section focused exclusively on standards for EL
learners.
In April 2007, Lesaux was named a William T. Grant Scholar earning a $ 350,000 award to be given over five years in support of her research on English - language learners in urban public school
In April 2007, Lesaux was named a William T. Grant Scholar earning a $ 350,000 award to be given over five years
in support of her research on English - language learners in urban public school
in support of her research on English -
language learners in urban public school
in urban public
schools.
Mary Glasgow Magazines, which is celebrating its 60th anniversary, publishes 17 magazines aimed at secondary
school language learners around the world specialising
in French, German, Spanish and English as a foreign
language.
Although students
in urban
schools are more likely to be students of color, English
language learners, and eligible for a free or reduced price lunch, the
schools they attend continue to lack adequate financial resources.