C&I’s Martha Bigelow speaks to MPR on English learners in Minnesota classrooms

BigelowM_225_2012 - Copy.jpgMartha Bigelow, Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction (Second Languages in Cultures) is featured today in a Minnesota Public Radio story on the rise of students learning English as a second language in Minnesota.
Bigelow asserts,”there is a very strong correlation between native language literacy and the ability to add English if that foundation is already there.”
To read the full story and listen to the audio, please visit MPR’s website.