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Critics condemn the accreditation of a teacher preparation program they say ignores important new standards for teaching reading.

Chicago Public Schools teachers and student advocates are pleading for federal funding to assist city schools overwhelmed by an influx of migrant students with bilingual education needs. Migrant students across the CPS system are struggling to learn in classrooms led in English, and many need help meeting basic material needs, such as winter clothing to wear in freezing temperatures, they said. ...

CHICAGO — Chicago Public Schools teachers and student advocates are pleading for federal funding to assist city schools overwhelmed by an influx of migrant students with bilingual education needs. Migrant students across the CPS system are struggling to learn in classrooms led in English, and many need help meeting basic material needs, such as winter clothing to wear in freezing temperatures, ...

The city is scrapping a bureaucratic hurdle to get qualified teachers in front of thousands of migrant children, as public schools face a shortage of bilingual educators on the first day of classes. Teachers with more than one certificate — that can include expertise in bilingual or English as a new language programs — are often dissuaded from switching subjects, due to strict tenure rules ...

Canalino Elementary School second-grade teacher Sonia Aguila has been named Teacher of the Year by both California Association of Bilingual Education and – most recently – the National Association of