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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>Education Week</P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>ELL Programs Get Overhaul in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:State w:st="on">New York</st1:State> and <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Los Angeles</st1:place></st1:City></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>Acknowledging that they are not meeting the needs of hundreds of thousands of students learning to speak English, the nation’s two largest school systems this month announced plans to improve instruction and services for English-language learners.</P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>Full story:</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2011/10/26/09ell_ep.h31.html?tkn=MSTF0IxxWVYrEi6R%2FbPhi5piSAUGGuSLJjYM&cmp=clp-edweek</P></DIV></BODY></HTML>