…serve high numbers of needy children, including those who are poor or who are learning English as a second language. Advocates welcomed the commission’s unanimous recommendations as a first step…
More…include several notable improvements that ELC strongly supports. The new ESEA will do more to hold schools responsible for the achievement of English language learners, including those with disabilities. It…
More…adequate workspaces or to school supplies” in doubled-up situations. These students often report that they “feel unsafe, lack privacy, and a quiet space to do school work.”23 Students who are…
More…philadelphia-9-2017.pdf. See also Youth at Risk of Homelessness: Identifying Key Predictive Factors Among Youth Aging Out of Foster Care in Washington State available at https://www.dshs.wa.gov/sites/default/files/SESA/rda/documents/research-7-106.pdf http://policylab.chop.edu/sites/default/files/pdf/publications/PolicyLab_Report_Supporting_Students_Involved_with_Child_Welfare_June_2014.pdf http://policylab.chop.edu/sites/default/files/pdf/publications/PolicyLab_Report_Supporting_Students_Involved_with_Child_Welfare_June_2014.pdf http://fostercareandeducation.org/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?portalid=0&EntryId=2100&Command=Core_Download http://fostercareandeducation.org/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?portalid=0&EntryId=2100&Command=Core_Download http://www.southerneducation.org/getattachment/cf39e156-5992-4050-bd03-fb34cc5bf7e3/Just-Learning.aspx…
More…or chemistry, and are more likely to do so, if provided with laboratory equipment for experiments and demonstrations; that children have a better opportunity to learn English literature if given…
More…the Philadelphia-based Education Law Center, who has represented students facing expulsion, agrees. “There’s a willingness now to … look at mitigating circumstances and not just blindly say, `This happened; this…
More…in ensuring school stability and academic success for students in foster care, and we look forward to supporting schools and child welfare agencies to ensure smooth implementation,” said Kathleen McNaught…
More…with disabilities, English learners, and students of color. ELC’s analysis focuses on the city’s “traditional charters” – excluding cyber schools and charter schools that are converted former district neighborhood schools….
Moreschool. A person is legally considered “limited English proficient” if the person’s primary language or languages are not English, and they do not read, speak, write, or understand English well….
More…co-constructing solutions. 1. English Learners Work Group: I want to start by recognizing and appreciating the District’s work over the past year to listen to the needs of English learners…
More…performance, correctly paying specific attention to differentials in outcomes by race, socioeconomic status, disability, and English language proficiency. However, the law focused its accountability frame- work almost exclusively on students’…
More…ensuring access to high quality public education to all children, particularly students living in poverty, students with disabilities, students learning English, students of color, and students experiencing homelessness or living…
More…full participation of English language learners in Head Start programs. Parents of these children frequently also have limited English proficiency. The regulations should require translation and interpretation services when requested,…
More…to thousands of parents, advocates and other professionals on issues of public education, focused on the most at risk populations— children of color, children in poverty, children with disabilities, English…
More…from discrimination based on immigration and/or English Language Learner status Students have the right to enroll in public school regardless of immigration or citizenship status. Students who are English Language…
More…rate data, and data about the satisfaction of students and their parents with their schools, data about the experiences of students who are LGBTQ, English learners, or students with disabilities…
More…March 15, 2021. Welcoming Schools Campaign Student Surveys English: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-English Spanish: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-Spanish Mandarin Chinese: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-Chinese Vietnamese: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-Vietnamese Arabic: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-Arabic Haitian Creole: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-HaitianCreole Somali: http://bit.ly/Student-WSC-Somali Welcoming Schools Campaign Parent Surveys English: http://bit.ly/Parent-WSC-English Spanish: http://bit.ly/Parent-WSC-Spanish Mandarin Chinese: http://bit.ly/Parent-WSC-Chinese Vietnamese: http://bit.ly/Parent-WSC-Vietnamese Arabic: http://bit.ly/Parent-WSC-Arabic Haitian Creole: http://bit.ly/Parent-WSC-HaitianCreole…
More…the 30 days of the IEP meeting. Additionally, federal law requires that children who have limited English proficiency are evaluated in their native language to ensure an accurate re-evaluation. If…
More…Opportunities Act by delaying or denying enrollment of older refugee students and diverting them to a magnet school with less support for English Language Learners than the mainstream high school…
More…district barred English-language-learner refugee students from attending traditional high schools because of their age. Filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the suit alleges that…
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