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Lesson learned: Lawmaker takes second crack at help for English learners in Nevada schools

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LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A 2019 law put attention on efforts to help students overcome language barriers, but eventually it created more paperwork than it did results. It was a hard lesson for the lawmaker who sponsored it. "I don't think it's too often that you have a legislator coming back and saying, 'Hey, I need to repeal my own bill from 2019,' " Democratic Assemblymember Selena Torres-Fossett said Tuesday in Carson City. "I think we found a way …

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“I see dual language immersion almost like language reparations,” said José Miguel Kubes. “There was harm done during those 18 years of English-only, and it’s our jobs as educators to do something about it.” Kubes is the superintendent of Delhi Unified, a small district of five schools nestled in California’s Central Valley. Over 90% of Delhi’s students identify as Latino, around 40% have been classified as English learners and around 75% speak …

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Lesson learned: Lawmaker takes second crack at help for English learners in Nevada schools

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A 2019 law put attention on efforts to help students overcome language barriers, but eventually it created more paperwork than it did results. It was a hard lesson for the lawmaker who sponsored it. "I don't think it's too often that you have a legislator coming back and saying, 'Hey, I need to repeal my own bill from 2019,' " Democratic Assemblymember Selena Torres-Fossett said Tuesday in Carson City. "I think we found a way …

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