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Bilingual ED Not Dead
Submitted by Lance T. Izumi, J.D. on 9.29.2008
Under 227’s provisions, “all children in California public schools shall be taught English by being taught in English.” Specifically, “English learners shall be educated through sheltered English immersion,” with English immersion defined as a process “in which nearly all classroom instruction is in English but with the curriculum and presentation designed for children who are learning the language.” In other words, instruction of EL students was to be “overwhelmingly” in English, in contrast with bilingual-education methods that emphasized instructing EL students in their native language.
The Bilingual Debate: English Immersion
Submitted by Lance T. Izumi, J.D. on 9.28.2008
Making effective appeals to Hispanic voters is a tricky business. Barack Obama’s education proposals are a case in point.
COD: Students unprepared for workload
Submitted by K. Kaufmann on 9.23.2008
Christopher Villalta was not the best student to graduate from La Quinta High School in June, but the soft-spoken 18-year-old earned his diploma and passed the state exit exam required for all students.
Candy Anyone?
Submitted by Sandra Tsing Loh on 9.22.2008
I admit I am not completely done trolling the new Innisbrook holiday gift catalog that my daughters bring home from school every fall, so the matter of their public school financing for 2008-2009 will have to wait. But I’d like to expand on Lance Izumi’s quote from Ben Chavis, the former charter school director, who says that his school doesn’t “need more money,” it needs “administrators who can manage money.”
On Obama: Why the Democratic Candidate Is Wrong to Blindly Throw Money Into Schools
Submitted by Lance T. Izumi, J.D. on 9.18.2008
Earlier this summer California marked the 30th anniversary of the passage of Proposition 13, the historic ballot measure to limit property taxes. Prop. 13 remains popular but draws blame for state education woes, especially in finance. Yet the evidence clearly shows that politicians, not Prop. 13, have been the enemy of sensible education funding.
Skelton previews the crock that he, the gov and Dems will push relentlessly in next budget fight
Submitted by Chris Reed on 9.18.2008
This has been a breakthrough week when it comes to math and reality at the Sacramento bureau of the L.A. Times. Evan Halper actually wrote a story that noted the compromise budget slightly increased spending instead of continuing his career-long, grossly misleading practice of describing a cut in a projected spending increase as an actual, real-world, hard-dollar cut.
McCain, Obama Spar on Education
Submitted by Alyson Klein on 9.15.2008
The campaigns of Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama engaged in a sharp and testy exchange on education last week, making the topic the center of debate for the first time since the long race for the presidency began.
The Rantings of a P.T.A. Mom
Submitted by Sandra Tsing Loh on 9.9.2008
As usual, Bruce Fuller and Lance Izumi , my fellow Education Watch contributors, make some fascinating points, none more startling to me than Lance’s casual throw-away that Barack Obama sends his children to private school. As a rabid public school Democrat, I crumpled in despair at the news.
On the Republican Convention: McCain Is Right About School Vouchers
Submitted by Lance T. Izumi, J.D. on 9.6.2008
A key difference between John McCain and Barack Obama has to do with their views on the role and rights of parents in deciding how their children will be educated.
Charter Students Outperforming Their Public School Counterparts in California
Submitted by Ian Randolph on 9.1.2008
Charter schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) outperform traditional public schools on nearly every student achievement measure, according to a new study from the California Charter School Association.
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