Christine Russell of Boston University reviewed 300 studies and found that 78 percent of them concluded that bilingual education was no better or actually worse for English learners than doing nothing!
Many districts continue to separate English learners for special instruction, teaching them primarily in English.
The language barrier does not affect the majority, but for those who enter school as English learners the challenges are even greater.
However, educational barriers continue to be a huge challenge, particularly for Southeast Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders and English Language Learners.
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The city said its evaluation plans included things like the implementation and use of student feedback surveys as well as specific considerations for teachers who are dealing with students who are English language learners and students with disabilities.
The challenge, they added, lies not in securing a large research grant designed for a 4-year institution, but finding resources to support English language learners or adult vocational education.
As a result, I have spent the last two years working with Teach for America to increase corps members understanding of our students of color and our English language learners.
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In California, 59 percent of secondary school English learners were found to have been in U.S. schools for more than six years without reaching English proficiency, according to a study by Californians Together, a statewide coalition of parents, teachers and education advocates.
Just 7 percent of fourth-grade and 3 percent of eighth-grade English learners scored "proficient" or above in a nationwide reading exam, and thousands languish for years in ineffective English-as-a-second-language programs.
On a scale of one to 10, the education of the nation's English learners is "below five, " said Gary Cook, a specialist with the Wisconsin Center for Education Research.
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