Posts Tagged ‘dual immersion education’
A new immigrant’s path from learning English to representing 1,700 educators
On a chilly morning in 2004, 13-year-old Demetrio Gonzalez who just immigrated to the U.S. sat in an eighth-grade English class at the Oak Crest Middle School in Encinitas, California and read Shakespeare’s articles for the first time. He stared at his brand new English book and thought, “Qué es esto?”–“What is this” in Spanish.…
Read MoreContra Costa’s new Mandarin dual-immersion school equals uncertainty for adult-ed programs in district
While many are excited about the new Mandarin dual-immersion program at Serra School, others are concerned about access to existing adult English as a Second Language classes, which were housed in the same location.
Read MoreRichmond schools adapt to growing need for bilingual teachers
Richmond and surrounding cities have not escaped the teacher shortage facing the rest of California, but the problem here is different than in many other school districts: a shortage of bilingual teachers. In order to fill vacancies for bilingual teachers this school year, the district turned to a state-run visitor-exchange program.
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