Regardless of your opinion on illegal #immigration, it’s a good idea to help these #kids become as proficient in #English as possible. Particularly if you support #Trump’s executive order designating English “the official language of the United States.”🙄
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As of 2021, #students identified as English learners [#ELLs] made up 10.6% of the total K-12 population, & they are considered “the fastest growing population of students in K-12 schools.” As you might expect, a lot of these kids are #children of #immigrants, both legal & illegal, & speak a language other than #English at home.
#Trump #law #immigration #education #ESL #racism #WhiteSupremacy #DualState
One year ago, the #Trump admin gutted the #Education Department’s Office of #EnglishLanguage Acquisition, which is supposed to help about 5 million students in #PublicSchools “attain English proficiency & achieve academic success.”
By “gutted,” I mean cut 14 of the 15 staff positions in that office. Now the department has given #Congress official notice that it plans to dissolve the office entirely.
This makes no sense. They claim they want #immigrants to assimilate to whatever their idea of #US #culture is & yet…
#Trump steps up a campaign against #teaching #English to immigrant kids
The administration plans to dissolve the office that supports English instruction.
#law #immigration #education #ESL #racism #WhiteSupremacy #DualState
As a former #EastLosAngeles #PublicSchool #teacher whose #school & #students benefited from federal #grants - because we worked our asses off to educate the #children in our care & particularly to utilize #ESL techniques to help get their racially discriminatory #StandardizedTest scores to qualify us for that money, this is total bullshit.
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#Trump admin accelerates push to dismantle #Education Dept as it offloads [children] work to other agencies
Was supposed to join a #webinar today about #FamilyEngagement, #technology, and #ESOL / #ESL / #EnglishLearners in USA #K12 #education.
The webinar site required a specific plug-in / extension that I have not heard of AND Google Chrome or MS Edge.
The did not have a "join in the browser" fallback option.
Hopefully I'll be able to watch the video later in #Mozilla #Firefox. Not holding my breath.
#Trump administration releases billions it illegally withheld from #schools
Lawmakers of both parties had lobbied to release the #funding, which support English-language learning [#ELL / #ESL] programs, #teacher training & #academic enrichment.
#law #Constitution #SeparationOfPowers #AbuseOfPower #RevengePolitics #Congress #education #PublicSchools
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