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Individual ELs profiles by state are provided by ECS as well as 50-state comparisons on each data point.

In Portland Public Schools, ELs who participate in dual language programs, where the target language is their native one, tend to exit EL status more quickly than ELs in other programs. Portland offers dual language programs in Spanish, Japanese, Mandarin, Russian and Vietnamese.

The population of immigrants and U.S. natives speaking a language other than English at homewhich represents about one in five U.S. residentshas nearly tripled since 1980. Sixty percent of those were fully proficient in English in 2015, up from 56 percent in 1980.

A multi-year study of students enrolled in two-way dual-language programs in North Carolina between 2007 and 2010, found that low-income black children in these programs scored higher in reading and math than their classmates of the same race and socioeconomic background who were being taught in one

A recent weekend workshophosted by 4.0 Schools and the Highlander Institutefocused on generating new ideas for diversifying teaching staff in schools, and otherwise addressing cultural diversity needs in the classroom.