June 26, 2009
Supreme Court Sides With Arizona in Language Case
By TAMAR LEWIN

The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with Arizona officials who said the federal government should not be supervising the state’s spending for teaching non-English-speaking students.
The 5-to-4 decision reversed a ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the [...]

Piden no cortar fondos para inmigrantes
30 de Abril, 2009 El Diario
Por Manuel E. Avendano

BROOKLYN — Cientos de personas participaron ayer en una manifestación para exigir que se restauren los fondos municipales destinados a la enseñanza de inglés y alfabetización de adultos, como una forma de hacer que los inmigrantes participen en los esfuerzos de recuperación [...]

‘PICK’Y PARENTS REJOICE
April 27, 2009 NY Post
By Carl Campanile
URL:http://www.nypost.com/php/pfriendly/print.php?url=http://www.nypost.com/seven/04272009/news/regionalnews/picky_parents_rejoice_166428.htm

One thing is clear under mayoral control of city education: Thousands of parents have more choices on where to send their kids — particularly, higher-performing charter schools.
The number of charters operating in the Big Apple has jumped from 17 in 2002 — when Mayor [...]

Struggling to Rise in Suburbs Where Failing Means Fitting In
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