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State policy can drive, sustain school dual-language programs
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<a rel="author" class="" href="http://www.educationdive.com/editors/emcintyre/">Erin McIntyre</a>
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May 31, 2016
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<h3>Dive Brief:</h3>
<ul><li><span>A new </span>American Institutes for Research (<span>AIR)
report, "Dual Language Education Programs: Current State Policies and
Practices," has been released and offers policy recommendations about
how states can help school districts create and maintain robust dual
language instruction.</span></li><li>The <span>expansion of dual language programs should be a statewide priority, <a href="http://educationpolicy.air.org/blog/five-ways-states-can-support-dual-language-programs" target="_blank">AIR recommends,</a> pointing to the state of Utah, where a public-private partnership has helped 138 schools develop coursework.</span></li><li>States can also create funding opportunities to incentivize dual
language programming in schools, like offering start-up grants,
offering specialized diplomas to bilingual or multilingual students, and
prioritizing the training and hiring of language teachers. </li></ul>
<h3>Dive Insight:</h3>
<p>Dual language programs seem to be equally popular with native English
speaking students and non-native English speaking students alike.
In California, dual-language immersion programs <a href="http://www.educationdive.com/news/dual-language-programs-popular-in-calif-elementary-schools/235204/" target="_blank">have seen success</a> with <span>Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese and Hmong instruction. New York City schools have also expanded dual language programs, <a href="http://www.educationdive.com/news/dual-language-schools-continue-expanding/407195/" target="_blank">offering programs in 180 schools as of last October.</a> </span>President Obama's "<a href="http://100kstrong.org/initiatives/1-million-strong/" target="_blank">1 Million Strong</a>" initiative also aims to teach Mandarin to one million American students by the year 2020. </p>
<p><span>Bilingual or dual language education has <a href="http://www.educationdive.com/news/bilingual-ed-can-bring-economic-advantages-for-students/408966/" target="_blank">proven economic benefits</a> for students, as well as cognitive advantages. “Decades of research </span><a href="http://www.collegefund.org/userfiles/file/ImmersionBook.pdf" target="_blank">show documented results</a><span> for
indigenous-language immersion—including significant gains in
achievement, family involvement, and community pride — for a population
of students with </span><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/09/native-american-education/402787/" target="_blank">dismal education outcomes</a>,<span>” the <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/11/the-costs-of-english-only-education/413494/" target="_blank">Atlantic Monthly has reported.</a></span></p>
<h3>Recommended Reading</h3>
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American Institutes for Research InformED Blog:
<a href="http://educationpolicy.air.org/blog/five-ways-states-can-support-dual-language-programs" target="_blank">Five Ways States Can Support Dual Language Programs </a></p><p><a href="http://www.educationdive.com/news/state-policy-can-drive-sustain-school-dual-language-programs/420041/">http://www.educationdive.com/news/state-policy-can-drive-sustain-school-dual-language-programs/420041/</a><br></p><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">**************************************<br>N.b.: Listing on the lgpolicy-list is merely intended as a service to its members<br>and implies neither approval, confirmation nor agreement by the owner or sponsor of the list as to the veracity of a message's contents. Members who disagree with a message are encouraged to post a rebuttal, and to write directly to the original sender of any offensive message. A copy of this may be forwarded to this list as well. (H. Schiffman, Moderator)<br><br>For more information about the lgpolicy-list, go to <a href="https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/" target="_blank">https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/</a><br>listinfo/lgpolicy-list<br>*******************************************</div>
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