Okla. District Picks Path Less Followed for English-Learners

Two-way approach to language arts is the exception throughout region.

By Mary Ann Zehr
Hennessey, Okla.

Sam Anaya doesn’t remember anyone in the local public school system here giving him special help in English when he entered kindergarten as one of a handful of children in his grade who spoke only Spanish.

“I was just thrown in,” recalls Mr. Anaya, who is Mexican-American. He went on to graduate from Hennessey High School in 1995 and now teaches 1st grade at Hennessey Elementary School.

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