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Article: English language learner representation in teacher education textbooks: a null curriculum?
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- Education
- Article date:
- September 22, 2005
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At present, 18% of the US population does not speak English at home, an increase of 50% in the last two decades (United States Census Bureau, 2003). During the 1999-2000 school year English Language Learners (ELLs) made up nine percent of the United States (pre-K through grade 12) public school population--a total of 4.4 million students. This number represents an increase of 27 percentage points over the previous year (The Urban Teacher Challenge Report, 2002). The National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition (NCELA) (2003) reported that forty-five states noted a growth in the ELL population in the year 2003. Several states' growth was truly phenomenal: Georgia ...