English Language Learners

Equal Protection Every student is afforded the opportunity to a free education. Having that right is a privilege and should not be taken lightly. The issue is the education may not be the same for everyone across the board. Regardless of race, religion, financial background, all students should be afforded a quality education. Protecting that right for all is important and this essay will focus on classifications of equal protection based on English language learners. According to the Department of Education, “over 4,800,000 English learners were enrolled in schools in 2014-15, which makes us 10% of the total K-12 student population in America” (ed.gov, 2018). In this finding, ELLs (English Language Learners) are made up of mostly Hispanic …show more content…
Board of Education, which changed to landscape of civil rights for America’s students in schools, today we still find ourselves making sure all students in education receive the same education regardless of race. In today’s America it is comprised of all types of languages, cultures, ethnicities and nationalities which pose a problem for English language learners. How does America’s educational system afford everyone in America the same education? ELLs face a challenge and America’s education system is making strides to provide resources to ELLs so the playing field is even for …show more content…
What is important to note is that it includes ELLs as well. It is a known fact that ELLs score lower than other subgroups on standardized tests. According to the Department of Education, less than 30% of ELL students in eighth grade scored at or above basic level in reading and math (Mongiello, 2011). There have been cases the Supreme Court have decided over the years for the civil rights of ELLs. One particular case Flores v. Arizona claimed the state failed to adequately fund programs for English Language Learners. The state argued the No Child Left Behind Act and the Equal Educational Opportunities Act have the same goal and the court decided the case on procedural grounds, leaving the relationship between the two acts unresolved. It was hard to show the court the laws in NCLB were not helping ELL students as part of the EEOA (Mongiello,

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