Latino advocates praise No Child

  Latino advocates told a House panel that the No Child Left Behind law has produced significant gains for school-age English-language learners and warned not to undermine that progress. Before the law was passed five years ago, students learning English were ignored by many schools, Delia Pompa of the National Council of La Raza told the House Committee on Education and Labor. With the law, she said, the debate has changed to: “How can schools improve the academic achievement and attainment of English-language learners?” Read more of this article from the Richmond Times-Dispatch.