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Steven Kurlander: Spanish-Language Pizza Promotion Gives Some Heartburn

Steven Kurlander | Posted 06.02.2012 | Home
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Last week, Pizza Patron, a 104-restaurant chain based in Dallas, offered a Spanish-language promotion. Like it or not, speaking Spanish is a big part of today's American culture -- even when ordering a pizza.

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Teach For America Faces Slew Of Questions, Criticism, Amid Big Expansion

AP | By CHRISTINE ARMARIO | Posted 01.27.2012 | Home
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MIAMI -- In a distressed neighborhood north of Miami's gleaming downtown, a group of enthusiastic but inexperienced instructors from Teach for America...

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California Has One Of Nation's Widest Gaps In Hispanic-White Reading Proficiency

| Sarah Garland | Posted 12.26.2011 | Home
Read More: California Reading Proficiency, National Assessment of Educational Progress, Reading Proficiency, Hispanic Students Reading, Achievement Gap, School Funding, California Standards Test, Hispanic Students English, Reading Proficiency Gap, Public Policy Institute of California, Nation's Report Card, Civil Rights Project at UCLA, Latino Students, California Hispanic Students, English Learners, Video, Education, Salinas Valley, Soledad Unified School District, English as Second Language, California Schools, California School Funding, English Language Acquisition Program, Hispanic Students, Home News

This article comes to us courtesy of The Hechinger Report. This is the second of a three-part series. Read the first piece, English-Learning Students ...

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