Wednesday, January 30, 2013
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 …
Thursday, December 13, 2012
The Glen Ellyn District 41 Board of Education began to discuss the Think Tank initiative and has asked for some clarifications.
For the first time, the Glen Ellyn District 41 Board of Education discussed the Think Tank initiative, which as proposed, would bring classroom changes to students in second- through fifth-grade in the 2013-14 school year. The initiative was discussed at a board meeting held earlier this week. Plans to implement the District 41 Think Tank initiative have come under fire from a large number of parents concerned that the district is moving too rapidly and not taking into account training time needed for teachers. Parents also have raised concerns about how students might be grouped for math and literacy. A number of parents and teachers have spoken in favor of the initiative, but the parents who have raised concerns have been the most vocal…
Monday, December 10, 2012
Parents have started a petition asking Glen Ellyn District 41 to hold off on implementing Think Tank initiative changes in the 2013-14 school year.
During a recent public meeting, one parent called Glen Ellyn District 41’s plans to implement a "Think Tank" initiative a communication nightmare since many parents knew little about the process and were opposed to the district’s plans to move quickly to implement plans. While a growing number of parents have come out in favor of educational changes, the opposition against plans to implement changes in the 2013-14 school year does not appear to be subsiding, and now parents have started an online petition seeking to stop the D41 Think Tank initiative. As of Dec. 9, the group appeared to have gathered 50 online signatures to its petition. (The number of signatures has increased since this story's publication) The online petition …
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 ›