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To make it easier for school staff members to correctly register and record information for students whose home language is not English, REL Northwest and the Institute of Education Sciences have released “Getting It Right: Reference Guides for Registering Students with Non-English Names.” The guides help school staff members with accurately and consistently entering students’ names in school, district and state databases. They are available for students with home languages of Cantonese, Punjabi Muslim, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Ukrainian and Vietnamese.

The guides are available at http://educationnorthwest.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4bf3815eea5b067e6135edeb8&id=a1bfb37e07&e=48693c2588

Here is a related article about the importance of correctly pronouncing students’ names: http://qz.com/775492/what-minority-students-hear-when-white-teachers-mispronounce-their-names/