Statistics and Research

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    Report English Language Learners in America’s Great City Schools: Demographics, Achievement, and Staffing


    The English Language Learners (ELLs) attending schools in the member districts of the Council account for nearly one-quarter of all ELLs in the nation. This report presents the results of a two-year long study to gather data on the fastest-growing demographic group in the nation's schools. It updates most of the data presented in the Council's first-ever study on English language learner (ELL) programs that was released in 2013.

     
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    Learn in more depth about promising instructional practices for children and youth in the pre-K through 12 grade formal educational system. 

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

    U.S. CensusBureau – Language Use

    Most people in the United States speak English and most governmental functions are in English. The bureau collects data on language use to know what languages to use, and where, to get information to people about public health, voting, and safety.