Archive for July, 2009

State Appeals Court: California Can Stick With English in Tests for ELLs

Posted on July 31st, 2009 in Uncategorized | No Comments »

A state appeals court has ruled that California can stick with English in testing English-language learners for accountability purposes under the No Child Left Behind Act. Nine school districts sued the state over the English-only testing issue in 2005.

The Challenge of Keeping Latino Kids in High School

Posted on July 31st, 2009 in Uncategorized | No Comments »

A high school in Las Vegas that was named a high-achieving turnaround school by the state of Nevada has a graduation rate of 55 percent. Sixty percent of the school’s 2,800 students are Hispanic.

Blackboard Inc.’s Patents Invalidated

Posted on July 30th, 2009 in Uncategorized | No Comments »

A federal appeals court invalidated more than three dozen of the company’s patents for online learning-management systems.