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Teachers, parents and advocates press Buffalo board to reinstate Spanish RTI in bilingual schools
Summary
Hundreds of bilingual program educators, parents and community advocates told the Buffalo Board of Education on April 9 that the district must immediately reinstate Spanish-language Response to Intervention (RTI) services across bilingual schools.
Hundreds of bilingual program educators, parents and community advocates told the Buffalo Board of Education on April 9 that the district must immediately reinstate Spanish-language Response to Intervention (RTI) services across bilingual schools.
Speakers said removing Spanish RTI prevents English learners from receiving the foundational, home-language instruction needed to become biliterate. "Removing RTI in Spanish ensures that students who have joined us within the last couple of months from Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Nicaragua and many more are not receiving the supports they need in their home language," said Claudine Picato, a seventh- and eighth-grade home language arts teacher at Bilingual Center School 33.
The speakers framed the request as both research-based and urgent. "Academic language and vocabulary acquisition in a new language will take a minimum of five years…
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