Education

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Students learning English benefit more in two-language instructional programs than English immersion, Stanford research finds

A partnership between the Stanford Graduate School of Education and San Francisco Unified School District examines the merits of four approaches to teaching English language learners.

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

My daughter has been in dual-immersion (Spanish / English) since kindergarten. She is now in 4th grade and reading English at an 8th grade level.

 

Most bachelors degrees require a second language. It is easier to learn the second language while young. It is an injustice and a frustration to children to delay until college the learning of a second language.

See on news.stanford.edu

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Principal Fired For Trying To Keep Students From Speaking Spanish

 

“A principal who allegedly prohibited students from speaking Spanish will lose her job, the Texas press reports.

 

Administrators voted Monday night to discontinue a job contract for Amy Lacey, principal of Hempstead Middle School, who had been on paid administrative leave since December after reportedly using the intercom to tell students that speaking Spanish is forbidden on school grounds.

 

“When you start banning aspects of ethnicity or cultural identity, it sends the message that the child is not wanted,” Augstin Pinedo, director of the League of United Latin American Citizens Region 18 told the Houston Chronicle. ”

 
See on www.huffingtonpost.com

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A Campus More Colorful Than Reality: Beware That College Brochure

The glossy images on admissions brochures don’t always paint an accurate picture of campus diversity — which could lead some students to show up at very different colleges than they’d imagined.

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

Click through to listen to the NPR report.

See on www.npr.org

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I, too, am Oxford.

 

“Our project was inspired by the recent ‘I, too, am Harvard’ initiative. The Harvard project resonated with a sense of communal disaffection that students of colour at Oxford have with the University. The sharing of the Buzzfeed article ‘I, too, am Harvard’ on the online Oxford based race forum, ‘Skin Deep’ led to students quickly self organising a photoshoot within the same week. A message that was consistently reaffirmed throughout the day was that students in their daily encounters at Oxford are made to feel different and Othered from the Oxford community.Hopefully this project will demonstrate that despite there being a greater number of students of colour studying at Oxford now than there has ever been before, there are still issues that need to be discussed. In participating in ‘I, Too, Am Oxford,’ students of colour are demanding that a discussion on race be taken seriously and that real institutional change occur.”

 

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

An Oxford Tumblr with quotes of microaggressions and negative assumptions.

See on itooamoxford.tumblr.com

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HOW WE HAVE FAILED OUR WHITE STUDENTS (Part 2)

 

This article covers:

 

  • We only talk about inclusion and not exclusion
  • White students have not been taught how to emotionally connect or to be aware when they are disconnected
  • ‘privilege of numbness’

 

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

I love the straightforward honesty of Lee Mun Wah

See on www.stirfryseminars.com

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Case Study: History, Myth, and Public Schools

 

“The following is a review sheet with answers exactly as sent to the parents of 5th grade students by the social studies teacher at a school near where I live. My analysis and thoughts follow the three centered diamond icons. Be sure to see the last paragraph for my full analysis. ”

 

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

It shows a sample of how poor of an education some of our students receive.

 

At least the topic is being taught though. Some school districts like in Phoenix canceled ethnic studies for fear that the students would become radical.

See on andrewpegoda.com

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Howard Zinn on honesty in history

Segment from Democracy Now aired May 13th, 2009 featuring the great Howard Zinn.

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

Many will not take history classes in college, or even go to college, so children need to learn as much truth about history as they can.

See on www.youtube.com

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First Nations teen told not to smudge before school

 

“The 17-year-old Manitoba teen lost a younger brother to suicide last year and he says smudging — the practice of burning traditional medicines — is one way that helps him cope with his grief.”

 

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

“it’s not that you did wrong, but that you’ll be perceived to have done wrong…” -Father of Jordan Davis

 

See on www.cbc.ca