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Highlights for Creating a More Bilingual Texas 

Before COVID-19, schools in Texas struggled to prepare emergent bilingual students for college. Less than one in three (29%) graduates in the class of 2019 were deemed college-ready. And emergent bilingual students were more likely to experience chronic absenteeism with 24% missing three or more days of school. Already faced with a short teacher supply, emergent bilingual students must now navigate the complexities and hardships posed by campus closures.

In this webinar, Dr. Chloe Latham Sikes will outline six recommendations in our just-released report, Creating a More Bilingual Texas – A Closer Look at Bilingual Education in the Lone Star State, that she co-authored with Chandra Kring Villanueva of Every Texan. The report provides an overview of policies, history and current issues for emergent bilingual students and bilingual/ESL education in Texas. It also shares recommendations to address the ongoing challenges to achieving educational equity for emergent bilingual students.

The Texas Education Agency is developing a new state plan to better support students learning English as a new language. As part of this plan, TEA would like to hear from families of English learners to better understand and respond to the needs and experiences of students learning English as a new language. TEA invites you to participate in a virtual conversation over Zoom to hear your thoughts. Please see the details below for two options to participate:

Sunday, March 28 at 3:00-4:00 pm CT

Tuesday, March 30 at 6:00-7:00 pm CT

To thank you for your time, you will receive a $50 gift card after you attend. Please enter your email in this form to receive the gift card after you attend: click here to enter your email.

If you are not able to attend, you also have the opportunity to share your thoughts through a 10-minute online survey you can find here: click here for survey link. As a thank you for your time, we will hold a drawing for respondents to win a $25 gift card. If you would like to be entered, please share your name and email address at the end of the survey.

If you know anyone who is a parent of an English learner and would be interested in this opportunity, feel free to forward the information to them.

If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to me via email, or by phone at 210-789-3728. Thanks in advance for your participation and we look forward to hearing from you!

La Agencia de Educación de Texas (TEA) está creando un nuevo plan para apoyar a todos los estudiantes de inglés como segunda lengua. TEA está interesada en escuchar la opinión de las familias que tienen estudiantes aprendiendo inglés para poder responder de la mejor forma a las necesidades y experiencias de los estudiantes. Por ello, TEA quiere invitarlos a participar en una conversación virtual en Zoom para conocer su opinión. Por favor, vea los detalles a continuación para participar:

Domingo, 28 de marzo a las 3:00-4:00 pm CT 

Martes, 30 de marzo a las 6:00-7:00 pm CT

En agradecimiento por su tiempo, para recibir una tarjeta de regalo de $50 tras su participación en la sesión le pedimos se registre usando este breve formulario.

 

Si no puede asistir, también tiene la oportunidad de compartir sus pensamientos a través de una encuesta en línea de 10 minutos que puede encontrar aquí: haga clic aquí para ver el enlace de la encuesta. Como agradecimiento por su tiempo, realizaremos un sorteo para que los encuestados ganen una tarjeta de regalo de $ 25. Si desea participar, comparta su nombre y dirección de correo electrónico al final de la encuesta.

Si conoce a alguien que es padre de un estudiante aprendiendo inglés, siéntase libre de compartir esta información con ellos. 

Si tiene cualquier duda o pregunta, no dude en comunicarse conmigo enviandome un correo electrónico o por teléfono 210-789-3728. ¡Muchas gracias por su participación y esperamos verlos pronto!

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