Kids in the news...sort of...

Actually, it's their school that's in the news, in the form of an Op-Ed by Mark Dayton in Tuesday's Star Tribune.

Here's the pertinent bit:

For example, Rochester Mayo High School's 1,800 students speak 54 languages. At Eagan's Pilot Knob elementary school, 18 languages are spoken. At Austin's Community Learning School, newly arriving children learn English in one classroom, and their parents learn English in another classroom.

If you're interested, you can read the entire piece here. (Registration might be required.)

The timing on this is funny, as Emma's teacher and I just had a nice chat on Friday about the incredible diversity in their little suburban elementary and how enriching/broadening that experience seems to be, not just for our two but all the PK kids. (For example, Emma's best friend, Sofiya, is from the Ukraine--at six the little girl is fluent in English, Russian, and Ukrainian, how fabulous is that?!) Granted, the gist of Sen. Dayton's Op-Ed piece is about school funding (or the lack thereof), not nifty diversity things. But still! :)