[lg policy] Districts Embrace Biliteracy

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Districts Embrace Biliteracy
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Shifting demographics and economic interests are transforming views on
multilingual education around the country. (October 21, 2015)  |
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For big-city districts, Puerto Rico and Spain have becoming recruiting hot
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More States and Districts Embrace Biliteracy
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Shifting demographics and economic interests are transforming views on
multilingual education around the country.
October 6, 2015 - Education Week
Districts Diversify Languages Offered in Dual-Immersion
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With strong demand for bilingual skills, more school districts are offering
new target languages, such as Arabic, Hebrew, and Vietnamese, in
dual-immersion programs.
September 15, 2015 - Education Week
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Federal education officials have granted the state's request to delay using
the test scores of English-learners in school grades until such students
have been in U.S. schools for two years.
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