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| Title | Arizona Grades Teachers on Fluency |
| Body | From http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703572504575213883276427528.html?mod=dist_smartbrief Arizona Grades Teachers on Fluency State Pushes School Districts to Reassign Instructors With Heavy Accents or Other Shortcomings in Their English By MIRIAM JORDAN April 30, 2010 As the academic year winds down, Creighton School Principal Rosemary Agneessens faces a wrenching decision: what to do with veteran teachers whom the state education department says don't speak English well enough. The Arizona Department of Education recently began telling school districts that teachers whose spoken English it deems to be heavily accented or ungrammatical must be removed from classes for students still learning English. State education officials say the move is intended to ensure that students with limited English have teachers who speak the language flawlessly. But some school principals and administrators say the department is imposing arbitrary fluency standards that could undermine students by thinning the ranks of experienced educators. Read the full article at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703572504575213883276427528.html?mod=dist_smartbrief |
| Source | Wall Street Journal |
| Inputdate | 2010-05-09 08:46:29 |
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| Publishdate | 2010-05-10 00:00:00 |
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