English Language Learners (ELL)

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America as we know it, is comprised of many different races and ethnicities. The United States of America is often referred to as a giant melting pot of many different spices and flavors. As a differentiated group of people, rights of equality, protection, and free education have not always been given to those who immigrate from other countries. History shows the fight that immigrants have used in Supreme Court cases to gain these equal privileges and not be excluded or discriminated against. Many cases that would involve ELL challenged the as source of the definition of justice. English Language Learners (ELL) can be categorized as immigrants as their native language come from them having a different background from the natives in the place …show more content…

public schools in 2000-20001, nearly 4.6 million or 9.6 percent were identified as English language learners” (Koenig, J. A., & Bachman, L. F., 2004). ELL are in school systems across the board as a group of individuals in need of education that is suited for them to grasp knowledge. In testing data for companies such as NAEP, the term LEP or limited English proficiency is used instead of ELL but still means that “students developing English proficiency rather than their limitations” (Koenig et al., 2004). ELL persons are therefore classified as students that are beginning the process of gaining knowledge of the English to be integrated into a new school system meant for English speakers. These students’ goal is to strive to understand how to speak, read, and comprehend English dialect according to American …show more content…

Doe case. This case resulted in “the Texas Legislature authorizing local school districts to deny enrollment in public schools to foreign-born children who were not “legally admitted” to the United State” (The Immigrant Policy Center of the American Immigration Council, 2012). Non-native students and most times ELL, also had to begin paying extra tuition for enrolling into public school based on this back ground. In a video presented by PBS, Peter Sagal speaks about a Mexican family that had to pay one thousand dollars for each of their children because they were not natives. This specific family filled a Class Action suit that recognized the wrong doing of the school system. The case ruled out discrimination against

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