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Zehr, Mary Ann – Education Week, 2009
Through order and English immersion, a network of charter schools strives to turn Latino students into informed citizens and leaders inside and outside the community. Chicago-based United Neighborhood Organization, or UNO, is a Latino advocacy group with a history of community organizing. The group recently received a $98 million grant from the…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Grants, Hispanic Americans, Advocacy
Zehr, Mary Ann – Education Week, 2007
Taking a position that is unusual these days, New Jersey officials are promoting research that says bilingual education methods have an edge over English-only methods in teaching English-language learners to read. This article talks about the importance of bilingual education or a blended approach in the implementation of Reading First Program in…
Descriptors: English Only Movement, English (Second Language), Reading Programs, Teaching Methods
Zehr, Mary Ann – Education Week, 2005
In a demographic shift that is ahead of the state as a whole, but representative of many small towns in the region, Hispanics make up nearly 27 percent of the enrollment in the 800-student Hennessey school district, up from 18.2 percent in the 2000-2001 school year. In response to those changes, the district has adjusted how it teaches…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Immersion Programs, Bilingual Students, Limited English Speaking
Zehr, Mary Ann – Education Week, 2004
At a time when many states are poised to roll out new standardized tests to evaluate English-language proficiency in unprecedented depth, California is balking at carrying out a federal requirement to test the literacy of young children who are learning English. Recently, the California board of education decided to ask the U.S. Department of…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Grade 1, Kindergarten, Standardized Tests