Sentences with phrase «with dual language programs»

A survey of students who are transferring to non-district schools found that 36 percent said they were leaving to go to schools with dual language programs and 30 percent went to schools that have an International Baccalaureate program.

Rosa Riccio Pietanza, of NYU's Steinhardt School — who is a master teacher and the coordinator of a partnership of 26 schools with dual language programs including P.S. 20 — said the shortage of foreign language teachers has been a growing problem.

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The New York City school system plans to expand its dual - language offerings next fall with 32 new programs, including the first Albanian classes.

TheNew York City school system plans to expand its dual - language offerings next fall with 32 new programs, including the first Albanian classes.

Dual language programs help immigrant students flourish in the classroom, and provides them with opportunities to succeed in life.

Peisner - Feinberg said the report's conclusions are consistent with FPG's comprehensive review of research on young Latino or Spanish - speaking children, which confirmed last year that widely available public programs help dual - language learners make important academic gains.

Chicago school officials are putting that finding into practice with a new dual - language program for 3 - and 4 - year - olds in 13 schools.

Maureen Kelleher, another Education Post blogger, told me about her experience with its «bilingual advisory committee,» launched by the teacher who leads the school's dual - language immersion program.

We should embrace opportunities where a middle school arts magnet program, or a dual language elementary school, or a regional science and technology high school can help to break down the concentration of our highest needs students in schools with access to fewer resources.

Founded in 2006 by East San Jose native and National Board Certified Teacher Frances Teso, Voices is a public charter school network with a mission to prepare all students for the challenges of higher education through the context of an academically rigorous dual - language program.

This webinar provided participants an opportunity to identify the opportunities of SRCLP program to increase language and literacy skills of young children and improve practice of educators; share evidence - based research to improve reading comprehension of children preschool to third grade; and discuss considerations for state leaders in designing policy and professional learning to increase effectiveness of early language and literacy instruction, particularly for dual language learners, and children with special needs.

Conor Williams, senior researcher with New America's Education Policy Program and founder of its Dual Language Learners National Work Group, wrote in The 74 that problems with California's «Local Control Accountability Plans» and its attempt to help dual language learners could be mirrored in ESSDual Language Learners National Work Group, wrote in The 74 that problems with California's «Local Control Accountability Plans» and its attempt to help dual language learners could be mirrored in ESSdual language learners could be mirrored in ESSA...

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.

Oyster - Adams Bilingual School has the longest - running dual - language program in the D.C. Public Schools and is one of the most sought after, with hundreds of students on its waitlist.

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.

Sustaining our democratic values and improving our education system call for a host of more coordinated and widespread education, economic, and housing policies — including policies to raise curricular standards, tackle insufficient funding for schools with a large share of low - income students, promote access to education resources from early childhood to college, improve dual language programs, provide economic support for families, and create more integrated schools and neighborhoods.

Jimell Sanders, a Houston parent and co-founder of the nonprofit DC Language Immersion Project, said there is growing demand for dual - language programs in D.C., with as many as five kids on the waiting list per available slot.

With bilingualism linked to enhanced academic and social skills, educators say dual - language programs can be used to narrow the achievement gap and equip underserved students for a future in a competitive workforce.

We work in different states, in urban and suburban settings, in schools with dual - language programs, in after - school community - based programs, and in independent schools with high tuitions.

I also met with several very active parents and educators who are working towards creating new dual - language programs in Los Angeles.

I was thrilled to share some ideas with this group as well as help them understand what steps to follow in order to create a Korean dual language program in a local public school — Brooklyn's first.

Perceptions of principals and teachers in New Mexico: A comparison between staff in schools with two - way dual language immersion programs and those with other bilingual programs.

The findings suggest HISD should continue with its efforts to expand its dual language programs, said Ruth N. López Turley, director of HERC and associate director of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research.

And so, what are called one - way dual - language bilingual education programs, previously considered developmental maintenance bilingual education programs, continue to be seen with suspicion.

Two - way dual language programs are popular with parents of native English speakers since younger children can more easily learn languages than older students.

Utah Dual language Immersion (DLI) is a state supported program in which students spend half the day in English with one teacher and half the day with another teacher in a second language.

The new contract says Democracy Prep will operate an English - as - a-second-language program in its first year, with the possibility for «a more robust and comprehensive dual language and / or bilingual program as needed.»

By providing the youngest Hispanic children with high - quality, dual - language programs and universal preK, schools can close the academic gap before it becomes apparent in later years.

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.

Among the portfolio of CPS - authorized schools are several diverse and innovative school models, blending technology with individualized instruction, dual - language programs, pre-professional training in the arts, and International Baccalaureate Programmes, among many others.

However, recently, dual language immersion (DLI) programs have emerged in the country as effective ways to bring together language minority and language majority speakers in school settings with the goal of bilingualism and bi-literacy for all.

While filming the OPS Dual Language Program story at Gomez - Heritage Elementary, Sally brushed up on her Spanish skills with the help of dual language studDual Language Program story at Gomez - Heritage Elementary, Sally brushed up on her Spanish skills with the help of dual language studdual language student.

Only if there is clarity in the program model and the language allocation plan, can dual language educators implement with fidelity and align with research recommendations.

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.

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.

He was an optical engineer who repaired aircraft instruments in Alaska in WWII, a mountain man who could turn a canoe into a sailboat with a folding machete, bed sheets and a few sticks, who taught me diffraction, color theory and relativity on paper when other kids were learning multiplication tables, who designed a potentiometer that went to the Moon by pointing the world's fastest camera at the world's fastest oscilloscope, who designed those traffic lights which only appear bright when you are in the appropriate lane, who didn't have to help me at all when I built my own Heathkit dual - channel scope in grade school, nor had to help me program my Apple II in machine language, who quit Honeywell to work for 3M when the Space Program turned into the nuclear missile program, who studied mining geology in college after growing up in a mining town in Utah, it was he who taught me, early on: make sure your contraptionprogram my Apple II in machine language, who quit Honeywell to work for 3M when the Space Program turned into the nuclear missile program, who studied mining geology in college after growing up in a mining town in Utah, it was he who taught me, early on: make sure your contraptionProgram turned into the nuclear missile program, who studied mining geology in college after growing up in a mining town in Utah, it was he who taught me, early on: make sure your contraptionprogram, who studied mining geology in college after growing up in a mining town in Utah, it was he who taught me, early on: make sure your contraption works!