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Title: Developing Socio-Political Active Teachers: A Model for Teacher Professional Development.
Author : Forum on Public Policy: A Journal of the Oxford Round Table
Release Date : January 22, 2008
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 310 KB

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Introduction Today's schools mirror the increasing diversity found across the United States (U's.). In addition to racial and cultural diversity, our schools also experience linguistic diversity. According to the U's. Census, roughly 20% of the population speaks a language other than English in the home (U's. Census Bureau 20061). There are 4.4 million English language learners in public school in the United States. California serves more than 40% of these students. In California, English language learners (ELLs) are the fastest growing student group, with nearly 1.6 million ELL students in 2006-2007 (California Department of Education, 2007 Educational Demographics Office (2)).