District 41 Approves Foreign Language Instruction Program for 2013-14 School year
Dual Language and Foreign Language at the Elementary School programs will be implemented at schools in the district in 2013-14.
District 41 has approved a Dual Language and Foreign Language at the Elementary School language instruction program for its elementary students. The Glen Ellyn School District 41 Board of Education approved the measure during its business meeting Monday night. The approval means that the district will begin phasing in foreign language instruction to students in the 2013-14 school year. The district is incorporating two forms of foreign language instruction: Dual Language, an immersion program and Foreign Language at the Elementary School (FLES). “I am in support of this,” Board Member John Kenwood said. “I am a big fan of doing this. We need to push how we divergently think more.” The Dual Language program will be implemented at …
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Bruce Currie
1:57 am on Thursday, January 31, 2013
This will benefit the English Language Learners and English dominant students who are accepted into the program. It is scientifically proven to be effective at increasing language ability in both groups. It will be phased in over five years and is well planned. I wish the Think Tank proposal was as well planned, presented and proven as the Dual Language Program. Think Tank would be implemented … more ›