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Mass. House Pushes for Diversity in ELL Teaching
June 12, 2017
Last week, the Massachusetts House passed a bill that would eliminate “one size fits all” teaching for English Language Learners (ELL). The bill, H. 3736 or “An Act relative to language opportunity for our kids”, was originally filed by Democrat House member, Jeffrey Sánchez, and was reported by the committee on House Ways and Means.
The bill aims to diversify how ELLs are taught in Massachusetts schools. School districts will make plans to evaluate the effectiveness of their ELL programs in areas of English language proficiency and readiness for students to join mainstream classrooms. The bill will also ensure that records are kept for instances in which a parent or guardian requests a waiver to remove a student from or refuse a student’s participation in an ELL program. It also expands a waiver process that was previously in place, that in which parents can remove their children from sheltered English immersion programs. The performance of the ELL children will be monitored to draw conclusions on teaching effectiveness.
The bill will also ensure that documented training will be provided by the district to staff who work with culturally and linguistically diverse student populations.
Read the full article at https://www.languagemagazine.com/2017/06/mass-house-pushes-diversity-ell-teaching/
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