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<title>Des Moines School Tapped for Arts Initiative</title>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Daily doses of music, art and drama  will serve as the backbone of a Findley Elementary School initiative designed to boost student achievement. At Findley, 100 percent of kindergarten through...<br/>
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<title>"&amp;iexcl;Ask a Mexican!" Columnist Stresses Importance of Community Colleges in Commencement Speech</title>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Gustavo Arellano is known for his nationally syndicated satirical column &iexcl;Ask a Mexican!, where he answers questions from readers ranging from "Why do Mexican men love their mothers so much?"...<br/>
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<title>Advocates Urge More Swimming Lessons for Minority Children</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 13:48:33 GMT</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Safety advocates urging parents to be aware of swimming pool safety before the summer heats up also say more efforts are needed to teach black and Hispanic children to swim. The U.S. Consumer Product...<br/>
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<title>Romney Calls for Using Title I, IDEA Funds for School Choice</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 13:52:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Presumptive GOP nominee Gov. Mitt Romney called today for making federal funding for special education and disadvantaged students portable &mdash; meaning the money would follow students to any...<br/>
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<title>At CUNY, Stricter Admissions Bring Ethnic Shift</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 13:52:14 GMT</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[More than a decade after the City University of New York ended open admissions to its four-year colleges, a marked shift has occurred at its top institutions as freshman classes now enter with far...<br/>
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<title>'Never Fall Down': Surviving The Killing Fields</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 13:51:46 GMT</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Prize-winning author Patricia McCormick is known for tackling challenging &mdash; even harrowing &mdash; themes in her young adult novels. Her book Sold, a National Book Award finalist, took on child...<br/>
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<title>Cheating Inquiry Under Way at 2 Top-Rated Brooklyn Schools</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 14:25:57 GMT</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Two of the highest-ranking public elementary schools in New York City are under investigation for possible irregularities on state examinations, officials said on Tuesday. The inquiry began after...<br/>
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<title>Born in the USA, and with the Accent to Prove It</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 14:25:39 GMT</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Allison Ram&iacute;rez was born in Miami, and so was her accent. Though she always tells people she's American they refuse to accept that as an answer to the question "Where are you from?" In the...<br/>
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<title>Latino Parents with Autistic Children Face Major Hurdles</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 14:25:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Nestor Nieves is graduating from high school this semester and will soon be leaving for college. Yet Nestor's future wasn't always so bright.  When Nestor was diagnosed with autism at age two and...<br/>
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<title>Minority Babies' New Majority an 'Echo' of Immigration Waves</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 14:26:15 GMT</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[White babies account for fewer than half of newborns in the United States &mdash; just 49.6 percent of last year's births, according to new Census data released Thursday. Margaret Warner discusses...<br/>
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<title>NYC Plans to Close Dozens of After-School Programs Across Brooklyn </title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 14:25:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The city is set to close dozens of Brooklyn after-school programs, angering working parents who say there's nowhere else for their kids to go. Brooklyn is slated to lose 77 of its 154 Out of School...<br/>
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Each week, Colorín Colorado gathers interesting news headlines about reading and education issues related to English language learners. Please note that Colorín Colorado does not necessarily endorse these views or any others on these outside web sites.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ColornColorado_EllNews/~4/O4l4jCfrhbE" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>

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<title>New Jersey Elementary School Honored for Its Bilingual Program</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 14:25:36 GMT</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Harrison Elementary School in Roselle has been honored by the New Jersey Department of Education of its outstanding bilingual program, school officials announced. Harrison Elementary, one of ten...<br/>
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<title>Researchers Call Attention to the Educational 'State of Crisis' Facing Latino Males</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 14:07:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Increasing the number of Latinos earning bachelor's degrees is a pressing national issue. But within the group, it is Hispanic men who are the least likely to graduate from high school, enroll in...<br/>
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<title>Oregon Bans Native American Mascots in Schools</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 14:07:08 GMT</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Eight Oregon high schools will have to retire their Native American mascots after the Board of Education voted Thursday to prohibit them, giving the state some of the nation's toughest restrictions...<br/>
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<title>A Totally Californian Poet Laureate</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 14:06:48 GMT</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Wearing jeans, green sneakers, a hipster straw bowler and a Buddhist symbol around his neck, the new poet laureate of California opened his weekly poetry workshop at UC Riverside with stretching and...<br/>
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<title>ESL Instructor Named Durham's Teacher of the Year</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 21:21:58 GMT</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Alaina Burr, a teacher at Riverside High, was named Durham Public Schools 2012 Teacher of the Year. Burr, who teaches English as a Second Language, received the honor Thursday evening at a banquet...<br/>
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<title>Immigrant's Granddaughter Guides a New Generation of Arrivals</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 21:21:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Every year, scores of students whose families are new immigrants to the United States enroll in the Upper Darby School District and Margie Tavakalian helps them adjust. "They inspire me," Tavakalian...<br/>
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Each week, Colorín Colorado gathers interesting news headlines about reading and education issues related to English language learners. Please note that Colorín Colorado does not necessarily endorse these views or any others on these outside web sites.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ColornColorado_EllNews/~4/4cd3b2pa7GQ" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>

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<title>ELL Teachers Discuss Influences on Their Career Choices</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 21:21:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[In this special feature piece, ELL teachers from Columbia, MO explain the reasons they wanted to become ELL educators and talk about the people who shaped their interest in other languages and...<br/>
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Each week, Colorín Colorado gathers interesting news headlines about reading and education issues related to English language learners. Please note that Colorín Colorado does not necessarily endorse these views or any others on these outside web sites.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ColornColorado_EllNews/~4/LRj01eogZcM" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>

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<title>Groups Offer Ways for Feds to Improve Student Well-Being</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 14:33:46 GMT</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Noting the strong link between students' health and their ability to learn, health advocates want the federal departments of Education and Health and Human Services to make a few small changes they...<br/>
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<title>Educators, Legislators Meet to Discuss Latino Student Success </title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 14:33:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[This much we know: Latinos are quickly becoming the majority in Nevada's public schools, and already are in Clark County elementary schools, but they also do not graduate from high school or obtain...<br/>
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Each week, Colorín Colorado gathers interesting news headlines about reading and education issues related to English language learners. Please note that Colorín Colorado does not necessarily endorse these views or any others on these outside web sites.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ColornColorado_EllNews/~4/aNFbBrk6664" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>

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