For Students Learning English, NYC’s Remote Learning Comes with Steep Barriers

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Shumita Basu
WNYC News | Apr 20, 2020

There are 135,000 students classified as ELL – English Language Learners – in New York City public schools. Advocates and families are worried that the shift to online learning is going to leave many of these students behind next school year.

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