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English learners still far behind using English-only methods | California Watch

English learners still far behind using English-only methods | California Watch

Los resultados de lectura de los estudiantes jóvenes descienden en los programas de inmersión en inglés

Esta nota fue producida como parte de un trabajo en colaboración entre California Watch, parte del Centro para Información de Investigaciones, un centro independiente y sin fines de lucro, y The Hechinger Report, una agencia de noticias sobre educación no partidaria y sin fines de lucro que está afiliada a Teachers Collage, Columbia University.

Esta nota fue editada por Denise Zapata. Fue corregida por Nikki Frick.

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BALDWIN PARK – El fin del día escolar en la clase de kindergarten de Patty Sánchez en la Escuela Primaria



English learners still far behind using English-only methods

This story was produced as part of a collaboration between California Watch, part of the independent, nonprofit Center for Investigative Reporting, and The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, nonpartisan education-news outlet affiliated with Teachers College, Columbia University.

This story was edited by Denise Zapata. It was copy edited by Nikki Frick.

Sarah Garland/California WatchPatty Sanchez gets ready to read a story in Spanish to kindergartners at Geddes Elementary School in Baldwin Park, which adopted a dual-language education program seven years ago.

BALDWIN PARK – The end of the school day in Patty Sanchez’s kindergarten class at Geddes Elementary School is not so different from other kindergarten classes around the state. Children gather on a rug as Sanchez holds up a storybook about a coyote and a turtle and reads out loud.


For unrecognized minority, temple brings sense of community

Patricia Leigh Brown/California WatchKouichoy Saechao (right), chairman of the Lao Iu Mien Culture Association; Lai Chow Saephan (left); and Chaylium Saechao wear traditional garments at the King Pan festival in September.

To watch elderly women in hand-embroidered robes sip coconut drinks while sharing news is to marvel that there is yet to be a category for “Iu Mien” in the U.S. Census.

The feeling of being an unacknowledged minority within an Asian minority was a major impetus behind the building of the King Pan Community Center and Temple, a hidden Oakland treasure and center of Iu Mien life