Limited-English-Proficient Students in Maine [electronic resource] : An Assessment of Equal Educational Opportunities / Fernando A. Serpa.

This study evaluated equal educational opportunities available to Maine's language minority students, using information from four 1997 fact-finding meetings that included representatives from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights, local school superintendents, English a...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author: Serpa, Fernando A.
Corporate Author: United States Commission on Civil Rights. Maine Advisory Committee
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 2001.
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