Petaluma Spanish/English Dual Immersion

02/19/2024

https://www.petaluma360.com/article/specialsections/customers-at-cafe-puente-in-petaluma-leave-english-outside/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pac_daily&pupeml=76506

Café Puente and its programs were created to fill a need to have a place in town where the only language spoken in is Spanish.

01/04/2024

https://duallanguageschools.org/columnists/academic-achievement-the-forgotten-pillar-of-dual-language-education/

By focusing on high academic achievement in our Dual Language programs, we will better serve our linguistically minoritized students and, thus, bring

06/17/2023

https://edsource.org/2023/how-well-do-dual-immersion-programs-serve-english-learners/692126

Dual-immersion programs sometimes take longer to get students proficient in English, but those students often catch up with or surpass English programs over time.

05/31/2023

This is not good news:
The number of English learners is shrinking at many dual-language immersion schools while the number of English-dominant and white students is increasing, according to a new analysis released by The Century Foundation and Children’s Equity Project.

The latest education news updates from EdSource.

04/18/2023

Some researchers say the bar to be considered proficient in English is so high that only students who perform well can be reclassified.

02/17/2023

The U.S. Department of Education announced first-ever awards, totaling over $18 million, for the Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence Program grants to increase high-quality teacher preparation programs for teachers of color, strengthen the diversity of our teacher pipeline, and address teacher shortages.

Today, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) announced first-ever awards, totaling over $18 million, for the Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence Program grants to increase high-quality teacher preparation programs for teachers of color, strengthen the diversity of our teacher pipeline,...

09/25/2022

https://edsource.org/2022/dual-immersion-programs-show-promise-in-fighting-enrollment-declines/677296

Some California school districts have stopped or reversed declining enrollment in a school by beginning dual-language immersion programs.

07/31/2022

https://duallanguageschools.org/columnists/biculturalism-is-an-outdated-term-lets-focus-on-sociocultural-competence/

Sociocultural competence is one of the three pillars of Dual Language Education. However, many people confuse the term sociocultural competence with biculturalism. Let's explore why biculturalism is a problematic term, and why sociocultural competence should be our focus.

06/10/2022

https://www.usnews.com/education/k12/articles/4-benefits-of-dual-language-immersion-programs

Both native and non-native English speakers benefit from learning academic content in two languages.

05/23/2022

https://www.kqed.org/news/11914760/when-you-dont-learn-your-parents-language-what-is-lost

The mother of KQED reporter Izzy Bloom never taught her daughter to speak her native language, Japanese, because she was told by doctors that doing so would be detrimental to her brother, who has a rare genetic syndrome. The truth turned out to be more complicated.

04/11/2022

https://www.njedreport.com/2022/04/07/hoboken-dual-language-charter-school-is-first-middle-school-in-nj-to-earn-college-board-approval-as-ap-spanish-program/

Students at Hoboken Dual Language Charter School (“HoLa”) are about to become the state’s first middle schoolers to sit for a college-level AP exam. Beginning

12/19/2021

¿Hablas español? Join our first Spanish-language podcast Universo Curioso for a tour of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, the mission that will .

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