Last Updated: November 29, 2011
This article appeared in the November 2011 Rural Policy Matters.
The total number of students learning English in rural schools increased by nearly 50% in the three most recent years for which data is available.
Data source: Common Core of Data (CCD), "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2006–07 v.1c, 2007–08 v.1b, 2008–09 v.1a, 2009–10 v.1a.
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