Friday, May 22, 2009

English Language Learners and Federal Stimulus Funds

Large Districts To Use Stimulus For ELL Support
Education Week, May 18, 2009
At least four large urban school districts plan to spend a significant amount of their federal economic-stimulus money to support or improve programs for English-language learners, a fast-growing group in U.S. schools. The districts—Boston, New York City, St. Paul, Minn., and Seattle—have had varying degrees of success serving such students. (MORE)
Further into the Education Week article, I discovered a group called the ELL Working Group: http://www.stanford.edu/~hakuta/ARRA/ They have published a 22-page report about how schools can tap into stimulus funds for ELLs.

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