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November 16, 2009

Contentnea-Savannah K-8 School officials have worked to make sure their school’s English as a Second Language (ESL) students’ needs are met. The school received 12 mini-laptops last month to help those students with their online ESL courses.- Kinston, North Carolina

November 4, 2009

Miriam Flores is a 42-year-old Mexican immigrant who has taken the cause of English as a second language to the nation’s highest courts.

October 7, 2009

The N.C. Society of Hispanic Professionals will host a conference Friday at Meredith College for professionals who work with Hispanic students. The Hispanic Achievement Conference will focus on helping students in English as a Second Language classes excel in school.

September 30, 2009

The number of students in ESOL programs is on the rise in the United States, with huge growth in Georgia in particular. The state’s student population of English language learners has grown more than 200% between 1995 and 2005

March 15, 2009

Lowering bar on Florida’s teachers’ ESOL is a bad idea – A quarter-million Florida kids are learning English for the first time. In South Florida, it’s about one in seven children. Under state rules, they’re expected to master the language in two years and pass the FCAT.

December 28, 2008

Kansas City Kansas Community College will expand its English as a Second Language program, hoping to eventually reach up to 500 students a semester.

ESOL advocates fighting loss of teacher training – Florida

December 8, 2008

Polémica se ha vuelto la iniciativa encabezada por el senador republicano de Jacksonville, Stephen Wise, que pretende reducir drásticamente el número de horas de entrenamiento para los profesores que imparten la enseñanza del inglés como segundo idioma (ESOL).

October 26, 2008

Did You Know? Miami-Dade has 50,859 ESOL students (15% of the district’s student body) and in Broward has 24,631 ESOL students (almost 10% of all students) – Florida

Florida can’t afford to cut ESOL training – The Florida Department of Education will hold a public meeting in Tallahassee on Monday, Oct. 27, from 1 to 4 PM on ESOL and Reading professional development requirements.