In 2009, 95% of third-graders at Harlem Success passed the state's English Language Arts exam.
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During language arts, she gets pulled out with three other new arrivals for extra help on grammar and phonics.
Also in 2012, about 84% of its eighth-graders met or exceeded state standards for English Language Arts tests, compared with 50% statewide.
Yet, we still have a secondary public education system that ranks with Third World countries in preparing our children in English-language arts, mathematics, science and social studies.
Forty-five of the fifty states in the US are members of the CCSS initiative and a majority of states have adopted the standards for mathematics and English language arts that were released in 2010.
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Fifty-five percent of New York students met the English Language Arts proficiency standards in 2012 by scoring at least a 3 on a scale of 1 to 4, and 65 percent scored at least a 3 on the math tests.
Derision was their weapon, language and arts their hunting ground and Western Civilization their prey.
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Mary Ann Stavney, a language-arts teacher, was leading a lesson on how to write narrative nonfiction pieces.
The new group includes eight arts colleges, 14 language colleges, seven sports colleges and 26 technology colleges.
Yet the visual language artists deployed was rooted in the arts of China.
Until recently, Middlebury had little to distinguish itself from its reputable New England liberal arts peers besides its rigorous language programs.
Therefore, I appeal to governments, NGOs and civil society to contribute to the improvement of our intercultural skills through the arts, sport, humanities and language learning and to enhance our diversity for the benefit of all.
"A nation's oral and written language is the backbone to its culture, " said the Arts Minister of New South Wales, George Souris.
The government's attempts to protect the French language have failed miserably, as have the vast sums it has spent on the arts, which Fumaroli explained in an earlier book, L'Etat culturel.
The Urdd claims to be Europe's largest arts youth festival, with thousands of young people due to take part in Welsh language music, dance and other cultural activities.
And the U.S. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is considering whether to nominate Nairobi Half Life for an Oscar in the Best Foreign Language Film category -- the first time a Kenyan movie has been considered.
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