Diversity in America (Mod 4)
Understanding- Ginger Thompson, "Where Education and Assimilation Collide," New York Times Ginger Thompson's accounts of minority students at Hylton High School, reflects the average comradery of students from various walks of life. A smorgasbord of nationalities navigating typical situations teenagers experience. With a stronger lenses magnifying glass, the reality of international students is revealed. The segregation of ELL students from gen-ed students not because of racism but to meet their academic needs. Lack of funding and scouting out teachers who can personally connect with students because they have been through their struggle. The "Collide" is the ongoing effort to serve students whose ability at the moment is lower than the needs of the district or the school. The article says " it takes the average learner of English at least two years of study to hold conversations, and five to seven years to write essays, understand a novel or explain s...