The number of children in English learner classes is growing every day, and the number of English learners dropping out of school is growing too. This Bill of Rights should help everyone. DP
PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/
Call to Action for Meeting Needs of State's Most Vulnerable Students
LONG BEACH, California, Feb. 24 / -- At
today's opening of The California Association for Bilingual Education's (CABE)
Annual Conference, the education company Pearson and CABE announced an
"English Learners' Bill of Rights" to focus public attention on the increasing
needs of the booming California student population whose first language is not
English. Today, 25 percent or 1.6 million California students are English
learners and that number is growing every day. Unfortunately, the number of
English learners dropping out of school is growing every day too.
CABE officials say promoting a "Bill of Rights" will draw much-needed
attention to the magnitude of the challenges facing today's English learners
and ensure that meeting their needs remains a priority during the state's
budget crisis.
"There is a wealth of research on how best to educate English learners. We
now know what we need to do to help these students succeed in school. Among
the essential elements of success for English Learners are: teachers with
training on how to work with second language learners; assessments that
provide information for instruction; and materials that cover the full
academic content, aligned with standards and that can readily be adapted to
meet their instructional needs. These elements, however, are now threatened
by decisions being made to decimate funding for education," said Karling J.
Aguilera-Fort, President of CABE.
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