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<p>The Atlantic</p>
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<p>The Schools Transforming Immigrant Education </p>
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<p>English-language learners, or ELLs, represent 9.4 percent of the student population in U.S. public schools, according to the most recent federal data available. These students score well below their non-ELL peers on national assessments in reading and math
and have a graduation rate of 65.1 percent—the second lowest after students with disabilities.<br>
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<p>It’s those kinds of statistics that the Internationals Network for Public Schools is trying to combat through the opening of targeted programs that place ELLs on a level playing field with their peers. Most of the 8,600-plus students across the network have
been in the U.S. for less than four years and score in the bottom quartile on an assessment of English proficiency when they enroll in school.</p>
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<p>Full story:<br>
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/07/how-america-educates-immigrants/533484/</p>
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