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What are the benefits to putting your child in a school where they speak another language? Better TV's Tony Martinez takes us along for a lesson.
| Bilingual education touted (Inland Valley Daily Bulletin) FONTANA - Otilia Garcia knows what it's like for parents trying to navigate the education system in a foreign land. A naturalized U.S. citizen from Mexico, the 64-year-old Garcia struggled to help her nine children succeed in school. |
| Education commissioner answers local concerns (The New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung) School trustees got the chance Thursday to make face-to-face inquiries about the state accountability system, school finance and other pressing issues at a special meeting with Texas Education Commissioner Robert Scott. |
| Preschoolers sent to Kohl museum camp (Glenview Announcements) To ease the trauma when they start kindergarten at Glenview District 34 in the fall, a group of 20 mostly bilingual children were able to attend summer camp for five weeks at Kohl Children's Museum in Glenview. Glenview Education Foundation provided $16,500 to allow the children to attend for free. And District 34 transported them for free. |
| Education briefs 0821 (The Woodlands Villager) Instrument Drive The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion and The Pavilion Partners, the official volunteer organization of The Pavilion, are conducting an Instrument Drive from Aug. 11-Sept. 19. The drive benefits schools in Montgomery County that need assistance for their band and orchestra students. |
| Bilingual Nursing Scholars Initiative celebrates 5th anniversary (NWAnews.com) The Nursing Education Consortium announces the celebration of the fifth anniversary of its Bilingual Nursing Scholars Initiative. BNSI is a pilot project in three area schools ? Springdale, Har-Ber and Siloam Springs high schools ? to identify, recruit, support and retain bilingual nursing students. (Benton County Daily Record) |
