The ELC Protects Students Learning to Speak English
…life so it’s very important to get an education. My objective [when I] came to America was to learn English … I still want to learn English.” This is a…
More…life so it’s very important to get an education. My objective [when I] came to America was to learn English … I still want to learn English.” This is a…
More…Student, NBC News, Oct. 28, 2015, http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/south-carolina- deputy-ben-fields-fired-job-sheriff-n452881. 13 Similarly, in 2013, DOJ entered into a consent decree with the Meridian Municipal Separate School District limiting the use of SROs…
More…linked with one another. 25 Importantly, educational inequality is associated with less general public trust, trust in democracy, and trust of other citizens [24,128]. Greater levels of educational inequality cause…
More…from a ‘Devastatingly Large’ Education Funding Gap. 90.5 WESA, Pittsburgh’s NPR News Station. 4-2-2015. Cumberland County officials call for fair, adequate public school funding. The Patriot News. 4-1-2015. State education…
MoreEnglish: ELLs must be tested to determine English proficiency and placed in the appropriate English as a Second Language (ESL) program. Planned instruction must be provided by a qualified ESL…
MoreAll EL students are entitled to a robust and effective language instruction bilingual-bicultural or English as a second language (ESL) instruction program supported by trained ESL instructors and subject matter…
Moreensure that evidence-based language instruction programs are available in every school where English learners are educated – including Educational Options Programs (EOPs), and that content teachers are trained in all…
More…Philadelphia (2016) at n.2, available at https://www.phillyeducationresearch.org/projects/educating-english-language-learners/. 3 See ELC Testimony to the School Reform Commission of the School District of Philadelphia: Meeting the Needs of English Language Learners, Immigrant…
More…To Learn English • You have the legal right to learn English. • You must receive sufficient language instruction to help you overcome language barriers. • You must be placed…
More…skills have the right to receive English language instruction as English learners. English learners have many protections, including the right to learn English (with language instruction such as English as…
MoreFor a meeting of the Student Achievement and Support Committee of the Philadelphia school board, ELC provided an overview of the rights of English learners and limited-English-proficient parents, followed by…
More…16, 2017 to the Philadelphia School Reform Commission on how the city’s schools can better meet the needs of students learning English, parents with limited English proficiency, and immigrant families….
More…of students with disabilities and English Learners (or “ELs”), immigrants and limited English proficient (“LEP”) parents. These diverse stakeholders have raised significant and similar concerns regarding barriers that prevent equitable…
More…To Learn English • You have the legal right to learn English. • You must receive sufficient language instruction to help you overcome language barriers. • You must be placed…
Morestart of what she needs for her English learner (EL) classes. For other needed materials – novels and short stories, online language instruction, computers, snacks – she’ll keep doing what…
More…al. v. School District of Philadelphia, which challenged the quality of instruction and services provided to non-English-speaking students and the failure to provide interpretation and translation services that hampered parent…
Moregroups, teachers, administrators and other professionals regarding the needs of English Language Learners (or ‘ELs’), immigrants and limited English proficient parents. These diverse groups have raised significant and similar concerns….
More…City Councilmember Helen Gym and the School District of Philadelphia. It raises a number of issues related to the educational needs of immigrant students, students learning English, and their families….
More…Under federal and state law, school districts are obligated to provide students whose primary language is not English with appropriate bilingual or English as a second language (ESL) instruction and…
More…that some ESOL [English as a Second Language] teachers have said that it can sometimes erode the child’s trust to be given this exam. They may not be able to…
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