Sentences with phrase «school language learners»

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.

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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.

Better alignment of English as a Second Language (ESL) programs with the needs of our English language learners, including expansion of the APPLE model, an alternative high school program for 17 - 18 year - old students to learn the language, graduate, and get a job or go to college.

It also requires charters to enroll a number of English - language learners and special - education students comparable to traditional public schools, and to adopt a code of ethics to prevent business conflicts.

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.

PS 179: Technology upgrade for underserved school ($ 115,000): 27 SmartBoards for high - needs school to aid learning for English language learners, special education and gifted students.

The Senate bill would increase the cap to 460 schools from 200 schools and establish new standards for accountability and services to special education students and English language learners.

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.

Jennifer Ronayne, a fifth - grade teacher at the Connetquot schools with 13 years of experience, said Cuomo has little understanding of how classrooms work — and of how harmful his policies have been for teachers and students, particularly those children who have special needs or who 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.

Mulgrew said the full payment of the CFE funds would help New York City public schools reduce class size and better serve the growing population of English language learners and special education students with more teachers, guidance counselors, social workers, school psychologists and school nurses.

The city will spend $ 1.8 million for professional development for arts teachers, $ 785,000 to provide arts education for English language learners and special needs students, and $ 220,000 to expand existing student programs like a two - week arts intensive for middle schoolers.

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.

The Department of Education introduced the funding formula almost a decade ago to dole out resources not simply based on a school's student body size, but also accounting for extra resources needed to support certain kinds of students, like English language learners and students with special needs.

Those fighting to keep Jonathan Levin HS open acknowledge that its grades on the DOE's School Progress Reports have slipped, but note that Tweed has failed to give the school the support it needs to serve rising numbers of English language learners and special education stuSchool Progress Reports have slipped, but note that Tweed has failed to give the school the support it needs to serve rising numbers of English language learners and special education stuschool the support it needs to serve rising numbers of English language learners and special education students.

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.

ISLA is a 6 - 12 school with 600 students, including many English language learners whose first language is Spanish.

Those who do not master the language and remain English learners tend to score lower on academic tests and graduate high school at lower rates than their native - English speaking peers.

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.

Alice Louise Blunden is a London based Yoga Medicine senior teacher, primary school teacher, Teach First ambassador, language lover, traveller and life long learner.

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.

The data we have also suggest that, at the time they applied, 4.2 percent of charter school applicants were classified as English language learners, while 13.6 percent of New York City's students were classified as such.

The PLCs also don't accept English - language learners, kids with discipline problems or most disabilities, or those with elementary - level reading and math abilities, as other public schools must, which muddies the comparison.

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.

One school may be doing fine on test scores but working to reduce chronic absenteeism, while another may be working with a network of schools on improving supports for English language learners.

English students developing a booklet of American idioms and slang for the school's English - language - learner population.

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?

If a school is facing a sudden influx of English language learners, it may take time for teachers to understand how to provide the best instruction for them.

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.

Examples of school districts targeting stimulus funds to benefit English - language learners have been few and far between.

The expectation that Mexican - American English - language learners would enter U.S. schools with inadequate social competence turned out not to be realized.

Participants have lower prior math and reading test scores, more likely to be minority, more likely to be free - lunch eligible, less likely to be from «A» or «B» schools, less likely to be English - language learners

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 baschool 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 baSchool 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 educSchool: A school with persistent achievement gaps or poor performance among «subgroup» students, such as English - language learners or students in special educschool 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).

Making matters worse for immigrant children is the fact that many enter poor school districts with insufficient English language learner courses and certified teachers.

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.

a. Should states mandate that charter schools serve a minimum percentage of special education students, English language learners, or other subgroups?

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.