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Jun 15, 2015

State, feds move closer to agreement on English immersion program

The state and federal government are working on the finer points of an agreement to settle a five-year-old complaint alleging the state’s program for teaching English to children who don’t speak the language is discriminatory.

Critics question success rates cited by supporters of the immersion program, arguing that the inclusion of younger children and an easier proficiency test could be driving the improved numbers. (Cronkite News Service photo by Vaughn Hillyard/Jessica Goldberg)
May 6, 2013

State school board to wade into English-immersion program fight

Vince Yanez understands what the Arizona Board of Education could be getting in to this year when it begins a “systematic review” of the state’s English Language Learner program.

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