ISIS and Al Qaeda Have Officially Joined Forces in Syria:
Such an accord could present new difficulties for Washington's strategy against the IS group. While warplanes from a U.S.-led coalition strike militants from the air, the Obama administration has counted on arming "moderate" rebel factions to push them back on the ground.
Those rebels, already considered relatively weak and disorganized, would face far stronger opposition if the two heavy-hitting militant groups now are working together. IS - the group that has seized nearly a third of Syria and Iraq with a campaign of brutality and beheadings this year - and al-Qaida's affiliate in Syria, known as the Nusra Front, have fought each other bitterly for more than a year to dominate the rebellion against Syrian President Bashar Assad.
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HoustonChronicle: HISD okays Arabic immersion schools
November 13, 2014 | Updated: November 13, 2014 9:33pm
The Houston school board granted approval Thursday for the district to open one of the nation's first public Arabic immersion elementary schools.
HISD Board of Education approves creation of Arabic Language Immersion Magnet School
The Arabic Language Immersion Magnet School will be located at 812 W ... HISD has a track record for establishing highly successful dual language immersion schools. In addition to two full-campus Spanish language schools,
Houston School districts top 10 languages 11/13/2014 9:10AM
The initiative to increase the number of bilingual students in Texas schools is a slow moving one.
Due to the significant amount of international business in and around Houston, especially in the oil and gas sector, it has become a priority for the workforce to know more than English.
With an eye towards the energy industry, the Houston Independent School District is proposing an Arabic immersion school, which would give children as young at 4 years old the opportunity to learn the language, as detailed in Erica Mellon's report on HoustonChronicle.com.
Houston is one of the most diverse cities in the country. The gallery above shows the top 10 home languages of HISD students classified as limited-English proficient (or still learning English).
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