Multi-Language Capabilities Help Manage K-12 Demographic Shifts

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A New Era of Education
Multi-Language Capabilities Help Manage K-12
Demographic Shifts
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Americas classrooms are more diverse than ever
before, and with this shift comes an increase in
the number of students from homes where English
is not the primary language spoken. On the next
few pages, well explore Americas changing
demographics and how innovative software is
making it a smooth transition for both parents
and schools.
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More Than Just English
According to the 2011 Language Use of the United
States report by the U.S. Census Bureau, 60.6
million people in America age 5 and up speak a
language other than English at home. That is a
pretty large slice of the pie!
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The same census report states, of the 60.6
million people age 5 and up speaking a language
other than English at home 62 speak Spanish or
Spanish Creole 17.8 speak other Indo-European
languages, including French, German, and
Hindi 15.6 speak Asian or Pacific Island
languages, including Chinese, Korean, and
Tagalog And 4.6 speak other languages,
including Arabic, Native American languages, and
African languages.
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What Do These Shifting Demographics Mean in Terms
of Our Schools?
For one, they are contributing to a growing gap
in communication between teachers, principals,
the students and their families.
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Despite all this, parents still need to fill out
a host of important paperwork. This could include
everything from enrollment forms to health
assessments and field-trip permission slips, as
well as vital emergency contact forms.
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Parents who struggle with reading English often
struggle to fill out these important documents.
Not only is it frustrating, and forms are left
incomplete, but it also adds up to a significant
waste of time and resources for both the parents
and the school.
However, there has to be a solution to this
communications gap
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The solution is innovative, cloud-based software
like frevvo that can provide all the important
forms schools need in a multitude of languages.
Better yet, frevvo can convert and save the
completed forms in other languages, so both the
parent and the school have PDFs in the language
of their choosing.
For example, a parent chooses to fill out the
paperwork in their native tongue of Spanish. Once
the document is completed and submitted to the
school, they are able to save the documents as
both English and Spanish PDFs.
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Its now more important than ever for schools to
communicate fluidly with non-English speaking
parents to help our students grow to be the
successful leaders of tomorrow. Affordable, fast,
and easy solutions like frevvo are the perfect
step to lead your school to a brighter, more
cost-efficient future.
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Contact Us
frevvo creates cloud-based software thats not
only user-friendly, but also highly affordable.
Specializing in mobile web forms and approval
workflows, frevvo has a solution right for you.
For more information on all of frevvos
innovative products, please visit www.frevvo.com.