Schools failing non-English speakers, study finds
Poorly implemented language courses, bad elementary school curriculum and social segregation has spawned generations of non-English speaking students who lag behind other students in California schools, according to a recent study.
According to a survey of 40 school districts, roughly 59 percent of English learners spend six or more years in school before ever becoming proficient in English. In some districts, those number increase to 75 percent, according "Reparable Harm," a report funded by the California Community Foundation of Los Angeles.
The reasons are multiple. Some students receive no language development at all. Others languished through
Lawmaker accuses Palin of gouging on speaking fee
According to a survey of 40 school districts, roughly 59 percent of English learners spend six or more years in school before ever becoming proficient in English. In some districts, those number increase to 75 percent, according "Reparable Harm," a report funded by the California Community Foundation of Los Angeles.
The reasons are multiple. Some students receive no language development at all. Others languished through
Lawmaker accuses Palin of gouging on speaking fee
Sometimes a free P.R. consultation is worth exactly what you pay for it.
Back in March, when the controversy over Sarah Palin’s upcoming speech in Turlock was just beginning to unfold, the chancellor of the California State University system got some confident advice from the former Alaska governor’s agent.
At the time, state Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, was pushing to learn how much the CSU Stanislaus foundation had agreed to pay the darling of the Tea Party Movement for speaking at the school’s anniversary
Budget cuts mean 330,000 lost jobs, union-funded report says
Back in March, when the controversy over Sarah Palin’s upcoming speech in Turlock was just beginning to unfold, the chancellor of the California State University system got some confident advice from the former Alaska governor’s agent.
At the time, state Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, was pushing to learn how much the CSU Stanislaus foundation had agreed to pay the darling of the Tea Party Movement for speaking at the school’s anniversary
Budget cuts mean 330,000 lost jobs, union-funded report says
Just cutting the state budget without raising taxes could result in severe job losses that would further burden the state's coffers, according to a new report from the UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education, which recommended tax hikes on the wealthy and oil companies.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposal would increase the state unemployment rate by 1.8 percentage points and result in a loss of an estimated 330,000 jobs - more jobs than the state is expected to grow, according to
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposal would increase the state unemployment rate by 1.8 percentage points and result in a loss of an estimated 330,000 jobs - more jobs than the state is expected to grow, according to
