Kylie Mohr covers the education and health beats. Mohr grew up in Washington and came to Wyoming via Georgetown. She loves seeing the starry night sky again.
Jose A. Viana, assistant deputy secretary and director of the Office of English Language Acquisition at the U.S. Department of Education, visits with Munger Mountain Elementary School kindergarteners Alexis Murray and Eduardo Juarez Vazquez during a school tour Thursday morning.
Teton County schools had the largest percentage of English Language Learners in the state last year, making the district of interest to the U.S. Department of Education.
On Thursday, Jose Viana, assistant deputy secretary and director of the Office of English Language Acquisition, visited Jackson Hole High School — where principal Scott Crisp is a campus fellow in the federal department — and Munger Mountain Elementary School, the state’s first dual immersion school.
Kylie Mohr covers the education and health beats. Mohr grew up in Washington and came to Wyoming via Georgetown. She loves seeing the starry night sky again.
I would think the term "English Learners" most often should be applied to youngsters first entering the school system. I find I must begin to ask questions when a large percentage of those ""Learners" are still in the programme or are first entering the programme in their High School years. My next question would be to ask, How many of these Learners are illegal aliens brought into the United States by their immigrant parents? I have no doubt many of these kids are here legally. I also have no doubt there are a large number of Learners participating in American schooling illegally. I know it is not these children's fault to have been brought here outside the law. It is; however, our responsibility to educate everyone that this is a nation of law and it needs meeting out equally across the board. If this lesson is not learned at the outset, there will be no respect for our law later on.
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I would think the term "English Learners" most often should be applied to youngsters first entering the school system. I find I must begin to ask questions when a large percentage of those ""Learners" are still in the programme or are first entering the programme in their High School years.
My next question would be to ask, How many of these Learners are illegal aliens brought into the United States by their immigrant parents? I have no doubt many of these kids are here legally. I also have no doubt there are a large number of Learners participating in American schooling illegally.
I know it is not these children's fault to have been brought here outside the law. It is; however, our responsibility to educate everyone that this is a nation of law and it needs meeting out equally across the board. If this lesson is not learned at the outset, there will be no respect for our law later on.
These are low performing schools folks. Look at the test scores. This is all smoke and mirrors.
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