ELs With Disabilities

English Learners Report Questions Arizona's Approach to English-Learner Instruction
The study followed three cohorts of English-learner students in Arizona over six school years to assess their progress.
Corey Mitchell, September 23, 2015
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English Learners Feds Offer Guide to Providing Quality Education for English-Language Learners
The tool kit is a companion to joint guidance the departments released in January to remind schools of their federal obligations to the nation's nearly 5 million English-learners.
Corey Mitchell, September 21, 2015
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English Learners Parents of ELLs With Disabilities Sue Philadelphia Schools
The complaint alleges that thousands of children are denied adequate special education services because their parents don't speak or read English.
Corey Mitchell, August 27, 2015
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English Learners Report Offers Guiding Principles to Support ELLs With Disabilities
The English-learner population is growing quickly, but there's still little research on how to best evaluate these students for special education needs, according to a federal report.
Corey Mitchell, July 23, 2015
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English Learners What We (Don't) Know About English-Learners and Special Education
The English-learner population is growing quickly, but there's still little research on how to best evaluate these students for special education needs, according to a federal report.
Christina A. Samuels, July 22, 2015
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English Learners San Francisco Seeks Federal OK For Plan to Upgrade ELL Services
The head of the U.S. Justice Department's Civil Rights Division praised the plan, calling it a "critical step toward ensuring that all students, no matter their language background, have an equal opportunity to access that dream."
Corey Mitchell, June 25, 2015
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Equity & Diversity Civil Rights Group Backs Language-Learner Provisions in ESEA Rewrite
The bill would provide incentives to states and school districts to implement policies to significantly improve instruction for English-learners.
Corey Mitchell, April 10, 2015
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English Learners Accurate Identification of ELLs With Disabilities Challenges Schools
Historically, English-language learners have tended to be over-represented in special education, but in more recent years, under-representation also has been a problem.
Lesli A. Maxwell, July 21, 2014
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English Learners San Diego Focuses on Accurate Identification of ELLs With Disabilities
The California school district is trying to reverse a years-long trend of sending too many English-language learners into special education programs.
Lesli A. Maxwell, August 30, 2012
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School & District Management Education Department to Study ELLs with Disabilities
Researchers will examine the practices related to identification of English-learners with disabilities in six school districts.
Lesli A. Maxwell, July 11, 2012
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Special Education Spanish-Language Resources for Parents of Children with Learning Disabilities
A new online guide is meant to help Spanish-speaking parents recognize signs of learning disabilities in their children and advocate for them in school.
Lesli A. Maxwell, November 7, 2011
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Special Education More English-language Learners, More ELLs with Disabilities?
How should schools work with a potentially growing number of students learning English who also have a disability?
Nirvi Shah, August 29, 2011
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English Learners One State's Problems With Identifying ELLs With Disabilities
Massachusetts school districts are likely mistakenly identifying many English-language learners as having disabilities when they don't and also are not adequately serving many of those who are properly identified, a report released today concludes.
Mary Ann Zehr, May 25, 2011
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English Learners Software Company to Host April 21 Webinar on RTI and ELLs
A software company that makes online supplementary learning materials for English-language learners will host a webinar about how to use a framework of response to intervention with English-language learners on April 21.
Mary Ann Zehr, April 14, 2011
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