Student Crisis

  • Minnesota is failing to educate minority English Language Learners
  • The gap in academic performance between ELL and all other students has not narrowed in the past 5 years in fact it has widened
  • Minnesota ranks 50th among all states in the on-time graduation rate of Hispanics

Equity vs Equality

  • Equality and Equity are not the same thing
  • Despite equal access to all programs and curriculum (equality), the gap has not narrowed and will never narrow
  • Equity means bringing programs that are needed to those that need them in order to ensure they learn

MN School Report Card

  • What Data says about student academic performance at your child’s school
  • Every parent should know their child’s own academic performance

LEAPS Act 2014

  • Multilingualism as an Asset
  • Diversity of Multilingual Learners
  • Valuing the primary home language of every student

Seals of Bilingualism

  • Great opportunity for all High School Students
  • Students must be proficient in their Native Language
  • What are schools doing to teach students literacy in their home language?