[Lmresearch] UC LMRI Annual Conference: Immigrants, Education, and Language (May 3-5, Phoenix)

[Russell W. Rumberger]

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           Immigrants, Education, and Language

            Keynote Speakers:
            Peter Roos, META 
            and Norma Gonzalez, Univ. of Arizona
           


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            The 20th Annual University of California Linguistic Minority Research Institute (UC LMRI) Conference. Hosted and co-sponsored by the Arizona State University Linguistic Minority Research Initiative (ASU LMRI) of the Mary Lou Fulton College of Education.

            Thursday, May 3 - Saturday, May 5, 2007 at Arizona State University, Tempe Campus


            "Immigrants, Education, and Language": More than 10 million school children in the United States are first or second generation immigrants. One of the traditional functions of U.S. public schools has been to help prepare immigrants for successful integration into American society. This not only includes teaching them English, but also providing academic and social supports to meet the increasingly high standards for subject matter competency, high school graduation, and college access. Yet the achievement of immigrant students, even those who have mastered English, lags behind those of other students.

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