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H.R. 2861, The Language Education for Success Act of 2007 (7 comments ↓ | 3 wiki edits)
H.R. 2861 would forgive certain loan repayments of teachers of limited English proficiency students, and it would direct the Commissioner of the National Center for Educational Statistics to study educational achievement performance measures of limited English proficiency children.
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Teacher
This Act is a welcome resource to encourage ELL instructors. However, I did not see a lower or upper limit on the forgiveness amount.
Kristine
Teachers spend so much time taking classes and get little recognition. I think this would be a great way to encourage good teachers to take the time to receive training for working with ELL students. It is a lot of work to take classes and most school districts do not reimburse for the tuition costs. I say a much needed incentive!
KWP
The number of ELL students is increasing dramatically each year and we face the possibility that we may not have enough teachers trained to teach these students. I think this is a good incentive to teachers who may want to work with ELL students, but can not afford to take the classes. My school district as well as many others do not reimburse teachers for the classes they take. This would be a good way for teachers to train in a good program and not have to absorb the cost.
Angela
Reimbursement of tutition will encourage many to become highly qualified teachers who other wise may not pursue this field of instruction. Frankly, all teachers should be given tremendous tution credits. As the population of ELL students continues to increase, we need to do everything possible to increase the number of qualified teachers to teach all students.
Geniene
I think that this Act is a good incentive to motivate more teachers to become better qualified. I just hope that it is passed.
Cynthia P.
In order to teach ESL at the secondary level in my district in PA, I was required to have ESL certification AND English certification. It was costly getting both certs. I believe that more college students would choose to become ESL teachers if they knew that some loan repayment would be taken care of. I also believe that they should be required to teach ESL for a consecutive amount of years before the payment would start.
Nikki Danz
This act would be beneficial in not only drawing qualified and motivated teachers to areas where the salary is not comparable to more affluent students, but it would also help in keeping the qualified teachers in such schools. Equitable education benefits not only the students but the nation as a whole by providing citizens with quality education so that they can successfully contribute back to their society.