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Posted on 02/28/2019 11:56:21 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
New York state is failing to ensure that children and teenagers who come from families who don't speak English as the first language don't fall behind, according to a coalition that advocates for educational opportunities for people of color.
A newly released report from the LEAD coalition, a group of 30 organizations, points out that the state has the nation's second lowest graduation rate among multilingual learners (MLLs) and English Language Learner (ELLs), as well as higher dropout rates and lower rates of proficiency in math and English as compared to the rest of the student population.
In just the last decade, New York's MLL students have grown by almost 20 percent - they now make up 9 percent of the state’s student population. The roughly 237,000 MLL students in New York are mainly concentrated in New York City, Yonkers and upstate cities such as Syracuse.
A growing proportion of the state’s MLL student community is older than other students at their grade level, leaving them less time to finish high school by the age of 21.
“ELLs continue to be one of the least serviced kids in the city,” Rita Rodríguez, project director at Advocates for Children of NY, said Tuesday during a panel hosted by the Hispanic Federation, one of the nation’s most prominent Latino nonprofits. Both organizations are part of the LEAD Coalition.
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Them, too? Welcome to the party, amigos!
Let them return to where they speak the language. Maybe after eight or ten years of study they can learn how to pick bananas. Or coconuts.
I guess spending $20,000 of taxpayer dollars per student per year isn’t enough.
These publick skool sewers are ripe for competition, we only need transferable vouchers and/or tax credits so kids and parents have choice.
“A growing proportion of the state’s MLL student community is older than other students at their grade level”
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so a 16-year from Guatemala cant even have the brainpower to learn at the 4th grade level? GTFO.
There shouldn’t be any non English speaking students here in the US. And if there are then it not the taxpayers problem to deal with it.
My best bud in Canada immigrated from Spain. Landed in Montreal where they barely speak English, speak/write French and HAD to learn both languages or he wont graduate. Canadian schools show no mercy unlike here.
Funny, most countries expect the immigrant to learn the language of the country.
I suggest Duolingo, it’s free.
Pre menstrual princess blues, still one of the funniest songs made.
“Failing non-English speaking students.”
Gee, I wonder if there is a solution to this conundrum. I can’t seem to think of one.
Maybe the technique that my Dad used would work. He moved with his family to tenements in NYC in 1927 when he was three years old. He got beat up all the time until he learned to speak English. You either became an American or got beat up. Kids learned that lesson very quickly.
How did he get into Canada? They require that immigrants pass IELTS (English language exam).
Then make it a requirement to have a green card or citizenship to be fluent in English and make all immigrants sign a pledge to speak English at home.
I’m know my English prose is problematic and stilted - a non-native English speaker. But I do OK.
My kids speak Hebrew, English, French, and Arabic (and a smattering of Yiddish for the relatives). It’s not that hard.
One weird trick: learn English!
It’s all about the framing, isn’t it? WE are “failing” THEM. When in truth, THEY are “failing” America. America didn’t do anything here. Their lack of language skills isn’t America’s fault.
The only thing the school system did to help was to seat them with a kid who might assist.
In kindergarten, my daughter got seated with a Japanese girl whose father had been posted in Hong Kong and the daughter knew a little English. Within four months, they were nearly equal in language ability.
By 6th grade, a different daughter (whose FIRST language was, by then, Japanese was seated with a girls whose family had been posted in Houston and spoke English with a perfect Texas twang but needed help from my daughter with Japanese.
Yeah, they used those two person desks you see from the one-room schoolhouse days. Yeah, there were up to 40 kids per classroom and, yeah, there was no whining about it being the school's responsibility to ensure they received ultra special treatment on the public dime.
Barely squeaked by on the test. Back in the late 90’s the standards were lax. They just made it harder for immigrants circa 2006 with the more enforced and stricter rules. My Filipino and Indian classmates had no issue because English is taught alongside the native language at a very early age. Who said English and American occupation provided nothing? :)
Maybe their parents should take them back to their home country and teach them english.
JoMa
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