Making the Common Core Work for Latino Students
As exhausting as they can be, today鈥檚 children are a critical economic resource.
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As exhausting as they can be, today鈥檚 children are a critical economic resource.
The last few years have been particularly good ones for advocates of greater investments in early education access.
While there鈥檚 increasing evidence that DLLs follow unique patterns of linguistic development, these do not constitute deficits.
There鈥檚 a common assumption lurking in discussions about education reform: Instruction in basic skills is somehow in tension with enrichment
The needs of dual language learners rarely get a foothold in education debates.
And now there鈥檚 evidence that the state鈥攁nd New York City鈥攁re preparing to lead on another element of education policy.
The de Blasio administration deserves credit for including an extra emphasis on dual language learners as part of its progress reports.
Why is pre-K such an easier sell?
Dual language learners have received scant attention at the state or federal levels.
Fully immersing DLLs in English before they are developmentally ready can undermine their broader linguistic development.