English Learners
One of the smallest departments at the California Department of Education (CDE) is the English Learner Division even though a substantial number of areas in California have over 10,000 English learning students within their schools. Happy to hear that CDE plans to expand this division of the office to provide more focus on the learning of English Learners in California schools.
I wonder....
What are we doing in counties, school districts, and schools to improve the achievement of students who are not yet English proficient? Do we have a "teacher knowledge" problem regarding English Language Development (ELD)? Do we have a "systems" problem with schools full of teachers who have students in rows where the teacher lectures and students listen? Are all students given opportunities to learning language and practice language throughout the school day?
Essential Question: What can we do to ensure the progression of English learning students toward language proficiency?
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