[Edling] Can Texas Figure Out How to Teach English to Immigrant Children?

[Francis Hult]

The Atlantic



Can Texas Figure Out How to Teach English to Immigrant Children?



Out of all the cities in Texas, this would seemingly have been the one where schools knew how to help Spanish-speaking students learn. El Paso is progressive and welcoming, and is more than 80 percent Latino. Its close ties with Ciudad Juarez, just across the border, means that the city embraces its Mexican roots and the people who have crossed the border for a better life. But a recent cheating scandal revealed that not even El Paso could successfully figure out how to best educate English-language learners.



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http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/03/texas-experiments-with-teaching-english-language-learners/472401/?google_editors_picks=true
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