DOJ Reaches Settlement With Arizona School District To Protect English Learner Students
The Department of Justice announced a settlement agreement with the Coolidge Unified School District in Arizona to resolve the DOJ’s investigation into... Read More
Arizona Fails To Repeal English Immersion Programs
The Arizona legislature failed to repeal the state’s English immersion teaching programs, also known as Structured English Immersion. The attempted repeal, House... Read More
Judge Orders Florida To Provide Voting Ballots In Spanish
A federal judge has ordered the State of Florida to provide all election ballots in Spanish starting with the 2020 election cycle.... Read More
Bilingual Education Returns To California
In 1998, California voters approved Proposition 227, a statute that required schools to teach non-English speaking children the English language as rapidly... Read More
English Immersion Classes Could Be Rolled Back In Arizona
Arizona legislators are attempting to roll back the state’s mandate that requires English-language learners in grades K-12 to spend 4 hours a... Read More
District Of Columbia Council Seeks More Bilingual Education
The District of Columbia Council is seeking more bilingual education, and a measure supported by a majority of the council would increase... Read More
Martha’s Vineyard Schools Increase English Language Learning Programs
English language learning programs (“ELL”) have significantly increased in recent years on the island of Martha’s Vineyard, located south of Cape Cod... Read More
National Review Rejects Bilingual Education
A recent opinion column by Jason Richwine in National Review cast extreme skepticism on the view that a bilingual education advantage exists.... Read More
CIS Issues Report About Foreign Languages Spoken In USA Homes
The Center for Immigration Studies (“CIS”) has issued a report which cites newly-released Census Bureau data for 2016 that shows a record... Read More
Massachusetts Going In Wrong Direction On Bilingual Education
The Massachusetts State Senate has approved a bill to allow English language learners to participate in bilingual education programs in public schools.... Read More