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  2. Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title III Part A

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    The English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement Act - formerly known as the Bilingual Education Act - is a federal grant program described in Title III Part A of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), which was reauthorized as the No Child Left Behind Act in 2002 and again as the Every Student Succeeds Act in 2015.

  3. Louisiana receives $5.2M in federal grants for English ... - AOL

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    The grant is part of the federal government's ongoing effort to support English language acquisition programs across the nation. Funding for the program increased substantially and steadily after ...

  4. Bilingual Education Act - Wikipedia

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    Essentially, even though the act still leaves with state and local educators the ability to choose from instructional methods, "the statement of purpose and accountability requirements make clear that the primary objective is English acquisition." [citation needed] Under NCLB, school success and failure is linked to performance on standardized ...

  5. Glossary of language education terms - Wikipedia

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    In English-speaking countries, they have integrative motivation, the desire to learn the language to fit into an English-language culture. They are more likely to want to integrate because they 1. Generally have more friends and family with English language skills. 2. Have immediate financial and economic incentives to learn English. 3.

  6. Language Resource Center - Wikipedia

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    The Language Resource Center (LRC) Program of the U.S. Department of Education, administered by the International Foreign Language Education Service under Title VI [1] of the Higher Education Act, funds grants to American universities for establishing, strengthening, and operating centers that serve as resources for improving the nation's capacity for teaching and learning foreign languages ...

  7. Bilingual education by country or region - Wikipedia

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    (The Office of English Language Acquisition, 2009). [citation needed] The term "limited English proficiency" remains in use by the federal government, but has fallen out of favor elsewhere. According to Bankstreet's Literacy Guide this shift is due to the fact that the term ELL represents a more accurate reflection of language acquisition. [52]

  8. Can English unite a divided America? A Mexican American ... - AOL

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    Different groups have made American English their own, says Latino scholar Ilan Stavans in "The People's Tongue," but the language also connects all Americans.

  9. Template : Official languages of U.S. states and territories

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    A 1975 state supreme court case, Commonwealth v. Olivo, underscored official status of English; [8] in 2002, English was declared the "common public language." [9] Michigan: No: None [1] Minnesota: No: None [1] Mississippi: Yes: None: since 1987 [1] Missouri: Yes: None [1] since 1998; state constitution amended accordingly in 2008 [10] Montana ...