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The U.S. Departments of Education (ED) and Justice (DOJ) today announced the completion of the English Learner (EL) Tool Kit<\/a><\/span> to support states, districts and schools in meeting their legal obligations to ELs and ensuring access to quality education, according to a press release issued this afternoon.<\/p>\n

“Our work is motivated by the belief that all students – regardless of race, gender, income, disability, and English learner status – need and deserve a world-class education,” said U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan. “This toolkit – along with the guidance we released in January – can serve as a critical resource for educators in their work with English learners to help ensure that all students have a chance to succeed in school, careers and life.\u201d<\/p>\n

The EL Tool Kit is a companion to the English Learner Guidance<\/a><\/span> released jointly by ED and DOJ in January, 2015, and consists of 10 chapters, each chapter aligned to one of the 10 sections of the guidance. Each chapter contains easy-to-use tools and resources relevant to the topic of the chapter.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe tool kit is a perfect complement to the English Learner guidance the Departments of Justice and Education issued in January.\u00a0 The tool kit equips educators with the resources they need to put our nation\u2019s English Learners on the path to success,\u201d said Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta, head of the Civil Rights Division at DOJ.\u00a0 \u201cThe Civil Rights Division congratulates the Department of Education on the completion of the tool kit and encourages states and schools to use it to help English Learners realize their full potential.\u201d<\/p>\n

Included in the tool kit are tools and resources for identifying ELs, delivering high quality EL programs, evaluating the effectiveness of EL programs, preventing unnecessary segregation, providing qualified staff, ensuring access to school programs and activities (including disability-related services), exiting ELs from EL programs at the appropriate time, monitoring students\u2019 progress, and supporting limited English proficient parents.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are committed to equity and access for all students, and in particular, English Learners,\u201d said Libia Gil, assistant deputy secretary and director for ED\u2019s Office of English Language Acquisition. \u201cIn our country we have a valuable yet untapped resource in our EL student population. These students come to school already speaking a variety of home languages.\u00a0 The heritage languages our English Learners bring to school are major assets to preserve and value.\u201d<\/p>\n

The tool kit is free and accessible to the public and can be easily downloaded and printed here online<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

The nation\u2019s public schools serve over five million EL students\u2013about 10 percent of all public school students. Therefore, it is crucial to the future of our nation that EL students\u2014and all students\u2014have equal access to a high-quality education and are provided an equal opportunity to succeed. The tool kit is just one part of the ED\u2019s work to expand equity and opportunity in education as it \u00a0honors Hispanic Heritage Month and the 25th anniversary of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics<\/span>.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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