Education in the United States: A Brief Overview -- 2005 ...

The annual growth rate of the LEP population in America has hovered at 10 percent over the past five years. To date, it is the fastest-growing student group in the country. About 52 percent of the children are born in the U.S., while the other 48 percent come to U.S. schools from other countries at different times and enter at different grade ... ................
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