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One of the first Indian women to receive an English education recalls her 1878 balloon ride in Paris
I heard that a balloon was to ascend from the Trocadéro (the Exhibition), and that anybody who preferred could get pleasure from the novel satisfaction of an aerial sail. My lodge close friends were stunned to hear that I ardently longed to go up in the balloon and questioned me, […]
English learner graduation rates and how to raise them | Education
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]