In California, a million English learners are at risk of intractable education loss Paloma Esquivel © Provided by The LA Times Aida Vega and her 13-year-old daughter, whose progress in learning English was disrupted by the pandemic. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)
Aida Vega’s 13-year-old daughter, who has attended Los Angeles schools since kindergarten and is in eighth grade, still struggles to read and write English.
Vega has long pushed for extra help so her child can master the language. Early last year, she felt confident that a breakthrough was at hand her daughter’s teachers had a plan to start additional tutoring in March.
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Sayed says in these kids the foundation now helps, he sees a reflection of himself and the remembers the pride he felt when he got those new shoes so long ago. We think about learning inequities in so many ways some kids don t have resources at school, the level of education and training from the school one of the things we ve overlooked is what happens before they walk out the door. And that is just having the enthusiasm and the self confidence to walk out and go to school. Sayed said.
With the support of the 120 students in the first two classes at the medical school, Dayna s Footprints raised more than $20,000 to buy new shoes for 120 students.
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DALLAS and HOUSTON and CHICAGO, Jan. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Elementary school students honored Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the final rounds of the Foley & Lardner MLK Jr. Oratory Competitions in Dallas, Houston, and Chicago on Jan. 15. The fourth and fifth-graders presented original speeches about how MLK Jr. s teachings can help us today.
Vivianna Serna, fourth-grader from Crespo Elementary School, recites her speech during the 25th Annual Foley & Lardner MLK Jr. Oratory Competition Jan. 15 in Houston.
Dominic Patermo, fifth-grader at Harry C. Withers Elementary, recites his speech during the 29th Annual Foley & Lardner MLK Jr. Oratory Competition Jan. 15 in Dallas.