Programs struggle to teach English to least educated immigrants

Sunday, December 16, 2007

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Before Bob Jansen can teach English to the adult immigrants in his lowest-level class, he has to show about a quarter of them how to hold a pencil.

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