Claudio Sanchez
[Copyright 2024 NPR]
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New research ranks state Head Start programs on measures like teacher pay and the percent of eligible children who are enrolled.
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Eighteen years after California voters severely restricted bilingual education, they've voted to bring it back. Proposition 58 passed by a wide margin. But what happens next won't be easy.
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Despite a lot of rhetoric, decades have passed — and administrations have come and gone — with little progress in educating language-minority students.
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A growing number of U.S.-born children are returning to Mexico with their parents and struggling in school because they don't read or write in Spanish. Reseachers say the problem is growing.
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Reaction to Donald Trump's victory was emotional for many students. Here's what they had to say at SciTech High in Harrisburg, Pa., and Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School in Berkley, Calif.
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Proposition 58 would lift the current restrictions on teaching core subjects in a language other than English.
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In 1998, California became the first state to ban bilingual education. For nearly 20 years English-only instruction has been the norm. Proposition 58 could change that.
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U.S. schools are scrambling to teach millions of students who don't speak English. That means more program options and better services. Here's a look at the three most common approaches.
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A new report offers a fascinating snapshot of the fastest-growing group of U.S. students. It's data that educators and policy-makers should take seriously.
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Native Americans make up less than 1 percent of students in college. Many say they feel invisible, without access to elite campuses. One program helps them leverage their heritage and identity.
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Deborah Phillips at Georgetown University has spent more than a decade studying preschool programs in Oklahoma. Her latest research found strong gains in some areas, but slow progress in others.
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Only about half of Native American students graduate from high school, and few go on to college. One program has worked 17 years to change that.