Latino parents value education, study says

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The study, entitled “Examining the Impact of Parental Involvement in a Dual Language Program: Implications for Children and Schools,” was started almost three years ago when Kelly-Vance met with Collette Nero, coordinator of psychological services with Omaha Public Schools, and began discussing where research would be beneficial. They then realized the largest growing population in Omaha was English learners, so they decided to focus on the dual-language classrooms from kindergarten to fourth grade in OPS, Kelly-Vance said.

Dual-language classrooms are taught in both English and Spanish. The classrooms are made up of half native-English speaking students and half non-native, English-speaking students. They have two instructors who switch off every other day; one day the lesson will be taught in English, the next day in Spanish, and they don’t review the same materials, said Carey Ryan, associate professor in the psychology department.

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