Dual Language Education Challenges & Opportunities

Published by the Milwaukee Journal Sintinel, June 18 2014

Two Milwaukee School Board members are pushing for more two-language schools in the city, saying that one day all students should be able to graduate fluent in English plus another language.

Broadcast on KSL.Com, March 6, 2012

Expansion plans for Utah's dual-immersion language program are in danger. A lack of funding could keep new schools and new languages from coming in the fall.

Published by Education Week, July 14, 2010 (with corrections on March 23, 2012)

Native American leaders pressed members of Congress and federal education officials this week to provide relief from provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act that they see as obstacles to running the language-immersion schools they need to keep their languages from disappearing.

Published by the Nevada News Bureau, August 29, 2012

A panel of lawmakers today recommended that Nevada’s public education funding formula be revised to take into account the higher cost of educating specific groups of students, including English-language learners and children in poverty.

Published by the American Psychological Association, May 3, 2010

Immigrant Latinos display strong parenting practicesand raise socially agile children, but these early gains are likely to be eroded by mediocre schools and peer pressure in poor neighborhoods, according to findings published by the American Psychological Association.

In a special section of the journal Developmental Psychology, a team of researchers examines how no-nonsense parenting practices – especially Latino traditions of strict discipline, respect for adults and strong family bonds – shape children’s social and cognitive growth and their assimilation into mainstream culture.

Published by the Modesto Bee, March 17, 2012 (California)

The Modesto City Schools District will grapple Monday with the question of whether to require a bilingual credential for teachers in the Dual Language Program, but the underlying issue is bumping rights.