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Hartford Schools' English Language Learner Program In Transition (Hartford Courant)
School officials this week told parents and board of education members that the city's English Language Learner program — for students whose dominant language is something other than English — is in transition.
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Puerto Rico educator hopes to replicate Barbieri bilingual program (The MetroWest Daily News)
At Clara Garcia's class at the Barbieri Elementary School yesterday, the veteran teacher kept two dozen kindergartners enthralled with the sound of a greeting and the appearance of a sea shell.
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Districts 207, 63 fall short of federal standards (Glenview Announcements)
School districts serving southwest Glenview students did not meet progress goals this year primarily because of the performance of their bilingual students, officials said.
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Questions raised about ballot measures (Oakland Tribune)
If California voters always had their way, illegal immigrants wouldn't get public education and health care; landlords could practice racial discrimination; and cable television would be either free or illegal.
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Initiative process questioned (The Monterey County Herald)
OAKLAND — If California voters always had their way, illegal immigrants wouldn't get public education and health care; the state would have "open" primary elections; landlords could practice racial discrimination; and cable television would be either free or illegal.
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Dallas school district hires firm to review false social security numbers (Dallas Morning News)
An outside law firm has been hired to look into the Dallas school district's practice of issuing false Social Security numbers to foreign citizens hired to teach in the district.
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Attorney general hopeful visits city (Martinsville Bulletin)
Dave Foster, a lawyer from Northern Virginia who is seeking the Republican nomination for attorney general, pledged Thursday to crack down on Internet crimes and election fraud if he is elected next year.
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Quiet precedes Gilroy peace march (Hollister Free Lance)
So far this week has been quiet - just a gang-related fist fight in north Gilroy - hardly anything compared to the tit-for-tat violence last week that jolted residents and pushed them to plead for peace.
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Calendar (The Bryan-College Station Eagle)
Mark Your CalendarsThe entry deadline for the 2008 Bryan-College Station Christmas Parade is Friday. The parade, which has the theme of "Reindeer Games," begins ...
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Push for English causes backlash (The Australian)
GOVERNMENTS risk poisoning their relationship with Aboriginal people by clumsily pushing through a threadbare policy mandating that children in remote schools are predominantly taught in English, Arnhem Land's most experienced Aboriginal educator has warned.
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