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Substitute urges Wake County to translate key lessons into Spanish, Mandarin
Summary
A substitute teacher and recent classroom volunteer told the board that language barriers impede classroom management and learning, and asked Wake County Public Schools to translate key lessons—starting with Spanish and Mandarin—to help multilingual students keep pace.
A substitute teacher told the Wake County Board of Education on Jan. 21 that language barriers are a classroom management and learning issue and urged the district to prioritize translating key instructional materials into Spanish and Mandarin.
"If we make our educational materials accessible to all students, especially those mastering the English language, then we can help connect those students to teachers and to other students and to the material that…
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