When the student arrived in New Orleans from Vietnam, as a higher college sophomore, she spoke extremely minimal English. Inspite of making the honor roll at George Washington Carver Large School, she repeatedly failed the biology and U.S. record LEAP exams, tests given in a language she had not still mastered. Right […]
English Education
Western Arkansas Literacy Council board head talks learning English through organization, inspiration
FORT SMITH — Just one of Nancy Martinez Tejada’s plans as board president of the Literacy Council of Western Arkansas is to encourage others in the group. Initially from El Salvador, Tejada, 35, was a student at the Literacy Council and served on its board before getting elected board president […]
Five inducted into CSU Education & Health Professions Hall of Fame
March 17, 2023 Columbus State University’s College of Education and Health Professions has added five new inductees to the college’s Hall of Fame during a ceremony on March 2. 2022 Education Inductees Christine Hull ’05, ’12 of Columbus is a two-time Columbus State alumna and Muscogee County School District’s executive […]
A Week in the Life of an English Secondary Education Major –
Photograph & Graphics Courtesy of Kayla Thuel By Kayla Thuel This is an independently submitted op-ed for our Quill segment. Sights and statements created in this article do not automatically reflect the thoughts of The Tower. Hi! My name is Kayla and I’m a sophomore English Secondary Training double important […]
Education Secretary Wants to Change the Way Funding for English Learners Is Managed
U.S. Secretary of Schooling Miguel Cardona is proposing to go the federal plan that supports the nation’s English learners back into the hands of the Training Department’s workplace of English language acquisition, or OELA. Federal method grants for English-language acquisition, known as the Title III method, are at present managed […]
Summit School District eyes new program to aid English-learning students
A faculty bus is pictured at the Summit Faculty District’s bus barn in Frisco. The district’s board of schooling is thinking of applying a new understanding system to assist multilingual elementary schoolers. Tripp Fay/Summit Daily News archive The Summit Board of Education is taking into consideration adopting a new method […]