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How many ELLs are attending U.S. schools?  How many of our ELLs were born in the U.S.? Learn the answers to these questions and more from our fast facts below, compiled from recent research briefs and articles.

Mark Gaither is the Principal of Wolfe Street Academy, a community school in Baltimore, Maryland. 76% of Wolfe Street’s students are ELLs, and 96% live in stark poverty.

Meg Medina is an award-winning Cuban American author who writes picture books, middle grade, and YA fiction.

Learn about immigrant students' rights, school districts' obligations to protect those rights, and resources that districts have developed to share information about those rights with the public.

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