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Less learning and late guidance: School districts struggle to help English language learners during COVID-19 crisis [chalkbeat.org]

 

By Yesenia Robles and Kalyn Belsha, Chalkbeat, May 21, 2020

Just a few months back, high school students learning English as a second language in the Adams 14 school district outside Denver spent 53 minutes a day in a special class dedicated to building up their language skills.

When school buildings went dark and learning shifted online, that practice ended. High schoolers learning English in the heavily Hispanic, mostly low-income district started getting language assignments twice a week instead.

In elementary schools, children got 30 minutes of remote instruction in English and math each day. Teachers were supposed to incorporate language skills into that work, but students missed out on 55 minutes of daily English language development they received before the virus struck.

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