kavitha cardoza with our partner "education week," looks at canada's approach for our weekly series making the grade. >> reporter: when 13-year-old andre cordeiro moved from portugal to canada, the only english words he knew hi," "bye" and "hot dog." now he's thriving. andre credits the small class he attends every mornglg with other h learners. >> i feel equal. i don't feel as ch pressure if i make a mistake. >> reporter: teacher ann woomert brings in props, speaks slowly m and tries toe lessons meaningful. >> the visual cues and that opportunity to talk about what we're doing is really important. they need to see the relevance. few does it connect to my >> reporter: three-fourth of the 500 students at islington junior miagle school, speak a langu other than english at home, including somali, korean and russian. it mirrors the diversity of toronto where almost half the population was bn in a different country. every afternoon, all english learners join regular classes. this intentional integration is meant to help them feel part of the and if they find the class difficult? their teacher w

special correspondent kavitha cardoza, with our partner "education week," filed this report from the for inour weekly segment, "makthe grade." >> reporter: calling janice jackson "new" to anything in chicago public schools isn't quite accurate... >> hi! >> should bow or curtsy? >> they all work! ( laughter ) >> reporter: jackson has deep roots in t system, starting as a toddler in head start. since then... >> i've been a student in c.p.s., a teacher, a principal, a district leader. and the one i think is most important is that role ofnt pare >> reporter: in january, she r as c.e.o. of chicago's school system. jackson recognized the importance of developing principal leaders early on. >> the media and hollywood portrays educators athese heroic leaders, and you have this one person who comes in and changes everything. and i thk that can happen, but it's not sustainable, right? i learned very quickly that it takes a team in order to be successful. >> reporter: jackson walks through george westinghouse college prep, one of the ost successful high schools in the state. she was foundingrin