Sentences with phrase «dual language program at»

HISD offers a Spanish language dual language program at 31 of its 287 campuses.

When she heard about the dual language program at KIPP Austin Comunidad and knew she wanted to be part of a program that provided opportunities for all students to become fluent in both English and Spanish!

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A new summary of 12 years of research on North Carolina's pre-kindergarten program for at - risk 4 - year - olds shows that «dual - language learners» make the greatest academic progress in the program.

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Conor Williams, a senior researcher at New America, a D.C. think tank, called the increasing Hispanic enrollment «a wonderful opportunity» to expand dual - language immersion programs that use students» home languages to help teach their peers.

But at many of the approximately 160 remaining dual language programs around the city, principals are struggling to fill the teaching spots amid a dearth of certified foreign language teachers, parents and experts said.

We looked at our zoned public school's dual - language program, but I didn't get a sense of the academic rigor there.

The dual - language program at Geddes, where children are taught in Spanish 90 percent of the day until third grade, is a relative rarity in California these days.

In spearheading what he calls the «Bilingual Revolution,» Jaumont has put his expertise at the service of multiple linguistic communities by helping them develop quality dual language programs in their local public schools.

In an engaging and informative interview, Principal Daniela Anello demonstrated how participating in a data - driven, innovative dual language immersion program at DC Bilingual provides students and parents alike with resources for life - long learning.

And they are starting to offer dual language programs, starting with one at Sunrise Elementary next year.

Three students work together on a project at Oyster - Adams Bilingual School in Washington D.C., where dual - language program demand is creating equity concerns.

The founders originally took their dual - language idea to the district and asked to help set up a program under district control at Connors, with all its segregation.

Unique to SAISD are the city's only public Montessori school, only public all - girls and all - boys schools, only 100 percent dual - language school, and the only District to offer the renowned international baccalaureate program at the elementary, middle and high school levels.

Howard Smith, a professor of bicultural - bilingual studies at the University of Texas at San Antonio, explained: «One of the arguments levied against African - American children, especially in the poor areas where the dual - language programs are springing up, is that, «Well, these kids don't speak standard English anyway, and we need to work on their standard English.

Based on this research, Brito sees dual - language programs as a viable intervention for students who are struggling in school — not just as enrichment for children who are already performing at grade level.

At the same time, he believes dual - language programs in majority - black classrooms can embrace students» cultural and linguistic backgrounds, engaging them in ways traditional schools haven't.

Sanders, who is African - American, first presented the idea for a dual - language program at Houston to the District of Columbia Public Schools in 2014.

Nelson Flores, an assistant professor of educational linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania, points out that dual - language programs are not a panacea.

On a recent Tuesday morning, sixth graders at McCloud Elementary School in Englewood — most who have been in the dual - language program since preschool — joined in a math class discussion about the difference between multiples and factors.

For Sanders, more dual - language programs at schools like Houston are good news for kids like her 3 - year - old daughter Layla, who is already singing Spanish songs from Kendrick's classroom at home.

At a time when other types of bilingual education are on the decline and the B - word — bilingual — has been scrubbed from the U.S. Department of Education lexicon, dual language programs are showing promise in their mission to promote biliteracy and positive cross-cultural attitudes in our increasingly multilingual world.

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I spoke yesterday in favor of more multilingual education and dual language programs in public schools at a hearing of the NYC Council's Education Committee.

District 14 in Brooklyn is the home of numerous dual language programs including French at P.S. 110, German at P.S. 18, Japanese at P.S. 147, Polish at P.S. 34, programs which are actually featured in my book, The Bilingual Revolution.

It is recommended that students in the dual language program continue in the program through at least sixth grade so that they have a greater opportunity to develop literacy skills and fluency in both languages.

Prior to her time at Flamboyan, Isabella was an intern with New America's Education Policy Program, where she focused on policy related to dual language learners.

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Title III provides states with formula grants to support education of dual language learners (DLL) starting at age three and to support development and implementation of effective preschool language instruction programs funded by local education agencies.

Attendees were an interesting mix of educators in dual language programs, world language teachers, ESOL teachers, principals planning next year's implementation of their dual language program and school officials looking at how their counties could start offering dual language programs.

Second graders Jayden Lew and Giselle Ortega work on their Spanish grammar at Edison Elementary School in Glendale, where they are enrolled in a dual language immersion program.

Two years later, the program expanded beyond elementary schools, and by 2014, more than 25,000 students were enrolled in dual - language programs at 118 schools.

Wild Noise: Artwork from The Bronx Museum of the Arts and El Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes represents the most extensive visual arts exchange between the two countries in more than 50 years, and will include major exhibitions at MNBA and the Bronx Museum; an artist exchange with U.S. artist Mary Mattingly and Cuban artist Humberto Diaz; a teen exchange program; a series of educational and public programs; and the publication of a dual - language publication that will extend the impact of Wild Noise beyond the audiences that participate directly in the initiative.

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