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| Title | New York State Puts Pressure on City Schools Over English Language Learners |
| Body | From http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/13/education/13ell.html State Puts Pressure on City Schools Over English Language Learners By SHARON OTTERMAN October 13, 2011 New York City schools are broadly failing to meet the needs of many of their thousands of students who are still learning English, and they must improve or they may face sanctions, state education officials announced Wednesday. “Clearly the services are poor, and the best indication of that are the student outcomes,” John B. King Jr., the state education commissioner, said in a news conference by video link from Albany. As a measure of the problem, he said, in 2010 only 7 percent of the city’s English language learners were found to have graduated on time and ready for college and careers. In the lower grades, 12 percent were proficient in English and 35 percent in math, well behind city averages. Read the full article at http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/13/education/13ell.html |
| Source | New York Times |
| Inputdate | 2011-10-23 09:24:27 |
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