Massachusetts
In Cambridge, a diverse school works to help students learn English
As thousands of new migrants arrive in Massachusetts, schools like the Kennedy-Longfellow Elementary School in East Cambridge are scrambling to help them learn English. One approach is Sheltered English Immersion.
A young girl, who wore a knit hat with a white pompom and spoke Haitian Creole, pointed to the teaching assistant and mimed zipping her mouth shut, prompting her whispering partner to hush. She looked at her paper, then at his, then softly slapped he... [8133 chars]