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Apr 19, 2024 · English-only school segregation policies dating back nearly 25 years, systemic racism and xenophobic laws have created stark mental health barriers for Arizona’s Latino students, who make up nearly half of the state’s K-12 population and are at greater risk for mental health disparities.
Dec 1, 2016 · A TWO-PART LOOK AT THE DATA BEHIND ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS IN ARIZONA. Eleven years ago, nearly 20 percent of Arizona’s public students were not proficient in English – meaning their primary language was non-English. Today, between 4-7 percent of our students are classified as not proficient in English.
Enoch ( / ˈiːnək /; Hebrew: חֲנוֹךְ; Ḥănōḵ) is a person in the Book of Genesis. He is described as a son of Cain, and father of Irad .
- ‘Virtual If Not Complete Segregation’
- A Failed System
- A Workaround at Rhodes
- How The State Has Dealt with El Before
- New Legislation to Help El Students
- What Comes Next?
Rhodes Junior High, near Baseline and Dobson roads, doesn’t have a “set” bell schedule. Students attend what’s called advisory periods at the beginning and end of the day, where they might receive mentoring and individual work time. Wednesdays at Rhodes is “Social Emotional Learning Day.” There are schoolwide celebrations, the students have more “i...
Advocates say the low reclassification rates are the product of a failed system. Stefan Swiat, a public information officer with the state Department of Education, said the four-hour block has hindered the academic success of EL students. Data for 2014 and 2015 were not available, Swiat said, because the state took a hiatus on the A-F School Accoun...
Hinton Sainz attended an Office of English Language Acquisition Services conference in 2018, where she learned what an equitable environment looks like. She said it helped her realize that school programs and Social Emotional Learning provided at Rhodes were not equal for non-EL and EL students. And not all students in the introduction class have t...
Arizona’s history with EL has been rocky. In 1992, parents of students in the Nogales Unified School District filed suit in federal district court alleging the civil rights of English Learners students were violated under the Equal Education Opportunities Act because Arizona did not have a program that included “adequate language acquisition” or su...
Senate Bill 1014, introduced by Sen. Paul Boyer, R-Phoenix, reduces the required hours of SEI from four hours to two hours for students in kindergarten through fifth grade, and to one hour and 40 minutes for students in grades 6 through 12. This allows school districts to submit their own “research-based” SEI models to the State Board of Education,...
Hinton Sainz says she wants two full-time EL teachers for seventh and eighth grade. Dividing it up by grade level would simplify the current process of communicating between the different teams, she said, adding that she would like a separate period dedicated for new students to help them learn the basics before moving on through the program. But f...
This fact sheet provides an overview of key characteristics of the foreign-born and English Learner (EL) populations in Arizona. It aims to build understanding of the state demographic
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Arizona: ELL Resources. As of 2019, Arizona's schools were home to nearly 75,000 English language learners. In recent years, the most common languages spoken by ELLs in Arizona have been Spanish, Vietnamese, Navajo, and Somali.
This report features components of Arizona’s plan under the Every Student Succeeds Act that impact the 85,000 English learners in the state regarding testing, accountability, and stakeholder engagement. Advocates can use this information to engage administrators and policymakers around improving outcomes for English learners and ensuring they ...
