Trouble at Traylor turns into opportunity

Posted by on Feb 10, 2012 in Community, English learners | 0 comments

With the changing demographics of southwest Denver, and the influx of not just Spanish-speakers, but also speakers of Vietnamese, Chinese, Somali and the various West African languages, it is important for Traylor's teachers to get ready. The district needs to re-examine its priorities about English learners, as well.

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New school grading website ignores the hard-won progress of English learners

Posted by on Dec 31, 2011 in Board of Education, English learners | 0 comments

In nearly every case, our schools that are classified as “yellow” (accredited on watch) all have high numbers of English learners that are below the “safe linguistic threshold” of a CELApro level 4 or 5.

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