"By becoming a dual-language district, we've made a statement about how much we value diversity and different viewpoints," said Ransom.
In plain language, U.S. District Judge Dana M. Sabraw ruled that time is up for the incompetence and haphazard cruelty that have characterized the administration's helter-skelter practice of sundering families without formulating procedures to reunify them — even when they present legally at a port of entry and with a credible asylum case.
I was Coordinator of Basic Skills, English as a Second Language, and District Testing K-12.
In response to the new language, U.S. District Judge Thomas Schroeder set aside any argument over the voter ID provision for a later hearing. .
The fight between the charters and L.A. Unified was over language the district has required charters to agree to in their petitions, which function as five-year operating agreements.
Many New Yorkers regard Brighton Beach as a place to sample potato pirozhkis or drink vodka in an authentic Russian restaurant, but the area has also become a Russian-language book district.
In Belgium or Switzerland or Spain, separate zones of languages and districts with different cultures add to the number of distinct markets you must address.
"They lifted the cap but added in language that requires district authorizers to look at potential fiscal impact on the district, which might be used as a different kind of cap," he said.
Several times a week, these students would meet separately with specialists who would teach them the new language. . District administrators hoped a new, dual-language program would help the district's ELL students remain academically on track.
When you then pull out the data for English language learners (New York City district public schools have more than three times as many), the New York City district public school test performance becomes stronger, and surpasses the proficiency rate for charter schools 50percentt vs. 46percentt.
