Sentences with phrase «language minority populations»
Her research focuses on school readiness, mental health, and family functioning during early childhood, with an emphasis on low - income and ethnic / language minority populations.
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Some missions to the Indians were conducted, but, partly because of the scattered population and the many tribes and languages, only minorities were won.
The Coalition says this is important because residents living in the four census tracts closest to the Peace Bridge are largely minority, with a vibrant refugee population that speaks numerous languages including Somali, Burmese, Nepali and Arabic.
«Many of the people hardest hit by dyslexia are minority students and those from low - income families,» Shaywitz said, even though the condition affects all population segments and languages.
We have a majority - minority student population, a large group of English - language learners, and almost 60 percent participation in the free or reduced - price lunch program.
Our history of educational legislation and jurisprudence shows a trend of increasing access to our classrooms for minority, economically disadvantaged, special needs and English language learner populations.
This article provides an overview of the demography of language minority children, children from immigrant families, and English language learners — three populations that are related but not synonymous.
«Add to this reduced - ratio programs and the growing diversity of the student population in terms of minority and other - language [non-English-speaking] students, and you have major facilities implications as a result of the programs required to serve students.
By 2012, though, things had changed for the better: Sanger Unified ranked third in achievement gains among California districts with high populations of minority, English language learners and disadvantaged students.
So we'll continue to get information on how student sub-groups — such as minority populations, dual language learners, and students with learning disabilities — are performing, but we aren't tying those tests to harsh consequences for schools and teachers.
The identification of minority language students can include multiple criteria (with information from as many sources as possible) that are relevant to the needs of the population.
An assessment of needs, however, revealed that only 143 LEP children were participating in gifted programs, despite the fact that minority language students represent 16.17 % (96,674) of the school - age population.