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Updated: July 9, 2007 |
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Updated: July 9, 2007 |
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Report to the IISD Board of Trustees The following report was made by Cheryl Jennings, Division director of elementary teaching and learning department, to the IISD Board of Trustees on June 5, 2007.
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Report to the IISD Board of Trustees The following report provides updated information on implementation of dual language programs at four Irving ISD elementary schools. The dual language program information is provided within the context of the district’s standard for bilingual education which is a Late Exit Transitional Bilingual Education Model that reduces the amount of Spanish instruction annually to 10% Spanish instruction and 90% English instruction in 5th grade. The amount of instruction provided in bilingual classrooms in Spanish and in English is specified at each grade level in Irving ISD from prekindergarten through 5th grade. Dual language programs accelerate the amount of instruction provided in English in kindergarten and first grades and maintain a 50/50 ratio of Spanish and English throughout elementary school.
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