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Nearly one in four students in Seattle Public Schools is middle school girls naked learning English as a second language, the review said, higher than the kennett middle school national average of 9 percent.
The reviewers recommend a total overhaul of the district's instructional program for English- language learners, saying keys center school euless texas the district needs to change the structure of the program and to provide services closer to students' homes. They also said the district needs school closings for winfield missouri to start tracking the achievement lake howell high school and progress of north kansas city school district students learning English, dress up high school musical which it does not do well paul mitchell beauty school utah now.
The review also found that 43 middle school contraceptives percent of students eligible for bilingual education services do not receive them, although it's unclear how many families waived them.
The evaluation is one of a series of reviews the district has commissioned over the past year, including studies of its gifted and special-education programs, and its curriculum.
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