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Originally Posted by carnation
I started the year with about 20 ESOL students on my caseload. Over half were American-born and I was mad! I aggravated the admin by fast-tracking over half of them out but I feel that if they were born here and they still can't pass the ESOL exit test after 6-7 years of school, they're probably special ed.
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When I taught ESL in elementary school, I tried to exit several of my kids. An administrator finally said to me that it came down to money: The more ESL and Bilingual classes we had, the more money we received from the state and fed.
Also, you would not believe the number of students in bilingual programs who were born here in the States.