Sentences with phrase «languages of instruction over»

Refugee children are often exposed to many languages of instruction over the course of their migration, resulting in language confusion and limited opportunities to master academic content.

Not exact matches

Led by Lionsgate and Pantelion's massive Spanish - language hit «Instructions Not Included,» this year's biggest hits were a refreshingly diverse mix (certainly compared to the studios), with the top 10 including four films with female leads (two of whom were over 75 years old!)

Washington — The House last week approved a measure that would provide up to $ 50 million annually over the next three years to high schools and community colleges for the improvement of foreign - language instruction.

Yet observations I have conducted in more than 300 classrooms in California, Minnesota, New York City, and Massachusetts over the past 15 years indicate that local school systems have commonly used bilingual education as a generic term referring to all three types of language - instruction programs.

A European literature review completed in 2009, found similarly profound results in studies done throughout Europe over the last 30 years, regardless of the language of instruction (Bazalgette, 2009).

In the application we submitted to XQ it contained a lot of information that carried over, but basically the petition describes in detail what the school will look like from instruction to school leadership to legal compliance to how we serve children with special needs or English - language learners, behavioral supports.

The debate over teaching English - language learners must reach beyond questions of which language to use in instruction, said researchers and educators who gathered here for a recent federally sponsored conference.

This was just the opening round of what is likely to be a long series of acrimonious debates over policy at the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights, on topics including sexual harassment, affirmative action, instruction of English language learners and school discipline — even on who might head the agency.

Analysts have cited a legion of reasons for the state's slide in achievement: the steady leaching of resources from the schools that was the inevitable result of the infamous 1970s property - tax revolt led by Howard Jarvis; a long period of economic woes caused by layoffs in the defense industry; curriculum experiments with «whole language» reading instruction and «new math» that were at best a distraction and at worst quite damaging; a school finance lawsuit that led to a dramatic increase in the state's authority over school budgets and operations; and a massive influx of new students and non-English-speaking immigrants that almost surely depressed test scores.

• Transitional bilingual education initially provides most instruction in students» (non-English) first language, with increasing proportions of English instruction over time.

I know it's a simplistic idea, but I honestly — over decades — have come to the conclusion... if we did just that, if we said, «Let's start with a language of instruction in this district, let's make sure that our feedback to teachers using our observational protocols within our walkthroughs and our observations and structural rounds, you know, is aligned in that language of instruction.

Not only could it enhance learning opportunities for students already enrolled in these programs, but it could also serve as a potential justification for the creation of new, dual - language magnet schools, if their documented success will not suffice as persuasion, since they would be providing dual - language instruction over four - or - more years.

HIGHLIGHTS • Over 6 months experience working with special children • Highly skilled in perceiving the needs of children and managing their activities • Proven record of assisting lead teacher in imparting instructions, helping students, and correcting tests • Demonstrated ability work effectively with minimum supervision • Able to transfer or restrain students physically • Comprehensive knowledge of maintaining exact and timely records to support individual educational plans • Substantial knowledge of sign languages (SEE, PSE, and ASL)