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Portland Public Schools Doing Multilingual Education Right

The number of multilingual students in schools is growing in Maine and nationwide, including in Portland, which saw a large spike in the enrollment of multilingual students this past school year. The students are a tremendous asset to the Portland Public Schools, which is taking numerous steps to help students who have limited English learn and succeed. This July 16 Maine Sunday Telegram story quotes experts in multilingual learner education as saying that “Portland is doing most everything, if not everything, right,” to meet the needs of these students. Read the story, titled: “Portland school embracing multilingual education.”