1. Many subject specialists have voiced concern about teaching bilingual students. 2. As a top bilingual student, she is in heavy demand. 3. Because most bilingual students were not included, the results are not comparable, LAUSD officials said. 4. By law, schools are required to to ensure that bilingual students spend part of their day with English-speaking students -- a practice known as mixing. 5. Eliminating the summer vacation in favor of shorter breaks throughout the year would be particularly helpful for bilingual students who tend to forget English over long vacations. 6. In a program designed by Phoenix police, bilingual students from Arizona State University will ride on patrol with police as Spanish interpreters. 7. It also voted to require bilingual students to take the Regents English exam, which will soon be a graduation requirement, in English. 8. It also voted to require bilingual students to take the Regents English exam in English. 9. Jack DeTalvo, the superintendent of schools in Perth Amboy, said his district would invest in new computers and teachers for bilingual students. 10. Lawyers representing the Oakland and Berkeley school districts argued that scores from bilingual students would be falsely low, and fail to indicate what they know. |