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From http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning-the-language/2015/03/federal_education_departments_.html

Education Department Pledges to Prioritize Needs of Language-Learners
By Corey Mitchell
March 25, 2015

The U.S. Department of Education says it is developing a strategy to elevate the national focus on English-language learners, the nation's fastest-growing student population.

The plan, which touches on topics ranging from parent engagement to teacher preparation, is a "framing guideline for how we want to think about English-learners across different levels of the organization," said Libia Gil, the head of the U.S. Department of Education's Office of English Language Acquisition, or OELA.

Gil unveiled a draft of the plan Wednesday while addressing the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Educational Fund's school governance conference in Washington. More than 70 Latino school board members, higher education trustees, and state lawmakers attended the event.

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