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Zehr, Mary Ann – Education Week, 2010
Administrators in the Chicago public schools are seeking to strike the right balance between providing guidance and permitting flexibility as they put in place the nation's first state mandate for providing bilingual education to preschoolers. New rules approved by the Illinois state board of education in June flesh out a January 2009 change that…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Bilingual Education, Preschool Teachers
Zehr, Mary Ann – Education Week, 2007
Taking a position that is unusual these days, New Jersey officials are promoting research that says bilingual education methods have an edge over English-only methods in teaching English-language learners to read. This article talks about the importance of bilingual education or a blended approach in the implementation of Reading First Program in…
Descriptors: English Only Movement, English (Second Language), Reading Programs, Teaching Methods