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| Title | Article: Utah State Office of Education Is Targeted in Complaint Over ELL Teacher Training |
| Body | From http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,680195267,00.html State Office of Education is targeted in complaint: Plan unfair to students learning English as 2nd language, activist says By Jennifer Toomer-Cook June 30, 2007 A community activist filed a complaint Friday with the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights, claiming the State Office of Education is about to shortchange children learning English as a second language. Michael Clara is a member of a State Office of Education committee examining standards for teachers to earn an endorsement, or extra credentials, to educate students learning English. In his federal complaint, he says the state wants to give kindergarten- through third-grade teachers a shortcut to those credentials by lumping it with a reading endorsement. He fears the state's Reading for English Language Learners plan would lower the quality of education those children receive. Read the entire article at http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,680195267,00.html . |
| Source | Deseret News, Utah |
| Inputdate | 2007-07-08 06:36:17 |
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| Publishdate | 2007-07-09 00:00:00 |
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