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| Title | Reviews Find ELL Programs Lacking in Four Districts |
| Body | From http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/07/30/37proficiency.h29.html?tkn=MSCCE7lhA7px8ErPiUx8QRwvZFNzB7D0Px6R&cmp=clp-sb-ascd Reviews Find ELL Programs Lacking in Four Districts By Mary Ann Zehr July 30, 2010 Four urban districts—in Boston; Buffalo, N.Y.; Portland, Ore.; and Seattle—did not provide special help to learn English to all students entitled to it under federal law, according to reviews of those school systems over the past two years. In a written statement earlier this month, Thomas E. Perez, the assistant attorney general for the civil rights division of the Justice Department, laid out some guidance for districts. “All English-language-learner students have the right to appropriate language-support services until they achieve English proficiency,” he says, “and when educational agencies terminate such services prematurely, they deny these students the equal educational opportunity that federal law guarantees them.” Read the full article at http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/07/30/37proficiency.h29.html?tkn=MSCCE7lhA7px8ErPiUx8QRwvZFNzB7D0Px6R&cmp=clp-sb-ascd |
| Source | Education Week |
| Inputdate | 2010-08-15 01:33:06 |
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| Publishdate | 2010-08-16 00:00:00 |
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