Tag: writing
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Why Bilingualism? A Policy Framework for Expanding Dual Language Immersion in Texas
Emergent bilinguals (EB) are widely recognized as one of the fastest-growing student populations in the nation’s K-12 schools. Between 2011 and 2024, the number of English learners grew by approximately 20 percent, increasing from about 4.6 million to more than 5.5 million students (National Center for Education Statistics). Today, they represent roughly one in every…
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America is Not an English-Speaking Nation, and We Can’t Expect it to Be.
In the United States, pressure on immigrants to learn English can be unnecessary, unproductive, and even malicious. Before he got sick and moved in with my family, my mother’s father was working on a translation of Leo Tolstoy’s “War and Peace.” As he read the pages of dense English text, he translated each line into…
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6 Podcasts About the Refugee Experience
Podcasts are a great way to learn about something new and broaden your knowledge and thinking. Specifically when it comes to refugee experiences and migration, podcasts provide a highly accessible way to hear some first-hand accounts of the refugee experience – from being forced out of one’s native country to anxiously crossing borders to integrating…
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The Stories Behind the Scores
As ACT scores begin to release today, it calls into question what standardized testing is actually evaluating. Standardized test scores are often treated as objective measures of academic ability, but they also reflect something much larger: economic inequality. Tests like the SAT and ACT are reasonably good measures of academic and general knowledge. The English…
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La Equis: Art’s Role at the U.S.-Mexico Border
My vision stretched across the vastness of the expanse before me – the last few miles of El Paso, Texas, the U.S./ Mexico border, and beyond that, Juarez, Mexico – only to be disrupted by a structure rising over 200 feet tall, dwarfing its surroundings for miles. An X. Not just a letter, but a declaration.La…
