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Amanda Geduld

Amanda Geduld

Amanda is a Staff Reporter at The 74. She joined the site after reporting internships at The Maine Monitor and The Miami Herald, where she covered book bans, homeschooling regulations, the substitute teacher shortage, stagnant teacher salaries and private for-profit universities.

Left powerless: Non-English–speaking parents denied vital translation services

By: - September 19, 2024

For months, Wendy Rodas felt disempowered and silenced whenever she tried to reach out to her daughter’s Missouri elementary school.  The El Salvadorian mother of three, who primarily speaks Spanish, struggled to communicate with teachers, administrators and district leaders. She made repeated requests for the interpretation services that she — and all public school parents who […]