English Learners Video

A Day in the Life of a Multilingual High School

May 9, 2016 2:47

At Pennsylvania’s Upper Darby High School in suburban Philadelphia, more than 15 languages are spoken in a student body of nearly 4,000. To help support such a diverse array of English-language learners, the school created a peer tutoring program that matches either native English speakers or more advanced English-learners with ELLs who are still learning the language. How will they do that? Learn more in our special report, Teaching America’s English-Language Learners, available here: www.edweek.org/go/ELL-report Education Week Video

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