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Language education in the United States has historically involved teaching English to immigrants; and Spanish, French, Latin, Italian or German to native English speakers. Bilingual education was sponsored in some districts, often continuously. Japanese language education in the United States increased following the Japanese post-war economic ...
Unequal access to education in the United States results in unequal outcomes for students. Disparities in academic access among students in the United States are the result of multiple factors including government policies, school choice, family wealth, parenting style, implicit bias towards students' race or ethnicity, and the resources available to students and their schools.
According to this survey, in 2008 88% of language programs in elementary schools taught Spanish, compared to 93% in secondary schools. Other languages taught in U.S. high schools in 2008, in descending order of frequency, were French, German, Latin, Mandarin Chinese, American Sign Language, Italian, and Japanese.
She referenced an exodus of special education staff, outlined in a recent report by the University of Kansas, reminding the elected board and district officials she was not the first to raise ...
Margins matter. The more American Public Education (NAS: APEI) keeps of each buck it earns in revenue, the more money it has to invest in growth, fund new strategic plans, or (gasp!) distribute to ...
Its publication is considered a landmark event in modern American educational history. [1] [citation needed] Among other things, the report contributed to the ever-growing assertion that American schools were failing, and it touched off a wave of local, state, and federal reform efforts. [citation needed]
Escuela Popular, a Spanish–English dual immersion school in San Jose. Spanish bilingual education in California is the incorporation of the Spanish and English language to teach various subjects in primary education. Proposition 227 affected Spanish bilingual programs negatively by mandating that instruction be conducted "overwhelmingly in ...
Others say the four-day school week, even if it does have marginal benefits in some circumstances, is ultimately a small adjustment that does nothing to address the funding shortfalls and cultural ...