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