School districts adjusting to new ELL regulations

PRESCOTT, AZ–To succeed in school or work, you have to speak the language. In Arizona, that means learning English. For decades, school districts have wrestled with the best way to teach English Language Learner (ELL) classes. Up until a year ago, most schools used a combination of immersion and pull-out programs. Children remained full story

Quebec deregulates international tuition

QUEBEC, CANADA–The Quebec Ministry of Education pushed through new legislation two weeks ago that will deregulate international tuition next year by removing its tuition cap – giving Quebec universities a carte blanche to raise fees. Noah Stewart, spokesperson for the Canadian Federation of Students – Quebec Division (CFS-Q), predicted full story  another newspaper   editorial

English classes flourish with eager students

ST. GEORGE, UT–On Wednesday evening, Jorge Rolando Guancin walked into a classroom on the Dixie State College campus and started the opening exercise for class. Linda Galloway, the teacher, had written three sentences on the board with mistakes in them, and it was the students’ responsibility to correct them. full story

Can your English skills take the test?

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES–As the UAE progresses as a hub for business and education, an increasing number of foreigners continue to make the country their home. With the world continuing to develop into a global village, communication is key. Thus a universal language is needed to communicate across cultures. full story

A Tough Beginning

VANCOUVER, CANADA–Johnny Romah was 17 on his very first day of school. A member of the Montagnard –or mountain — people of Vietnam, Romah arrived in Vancouver in 2005 after an exhausting year spent in a refugee camp in Cambodia. He’d fled his full story

One-in-Five Speak Spanish In Four States

WASHINGTON, DC–At least one-in-five residents of Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas spoke Spanish at home in 2007, according to new American Community Survey data released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. Nationwide, an estimated 35 million, or about 12.3 percent, hablan espaAol at home. The annual release of American Community Survey data full story

International Students Aid Economy

LITTLE ROCK, AR–International students bring diversity to college campuses and prepare students for the “global marketplace,” experts and college officials say. But the students also can contribute to an institution’s coffers. Arkansas’ population of international students rose 9.2 percent during the 2006-07 school year when compared with the previous year, according full story

Education ministers launch new effort to attract foreign students

FREDRICTON, CA–Provincial education ministers are banding together under one national brand in a bid to attract more foreign students to study and possibly stay in Canada. The brand – a stylized red maple leaf with a bilingual slogan that says “Imagine Education in Canada” – was revealed Monday at a meeting of education ministers in Fredericton. full story

Schools work to bridge language gap

RICHMOND, KY–Madison County school are facing a growing need to implement programs geared to help immigrant children prepare for a successful future, and there are several entities at work to meet that need. The problems caused by language barriers in schools is one that leaks out into everyday activities and is becoming full story