cheka.
26th October 2019, 05:06 AM
and these numbers are 4 years old. can only imagine how much worse today
https://www.alaskajournal.com/business-and-finance/2015-06-17/anchorage-marks-hundred-years-hundred-languages
There are now 100 languages spoken in the Anchorage School District. From 1993 to 2015, Spanish remains tops in non-English languages spoken, and Lao is still fifth. Hmong-speaking students have jumped up to second place with 1,067.
Currently, about 6,200 students are in the language program, 13 percent of the ASD student body. In all, more than 10,000 students are in, or have graduated from, English Language Learners; that’s one-in-five public Anchorage students.
At the beginning of last school year, minority students comprised 57 percent the district, up from 45 percent 10 years prior, according to ASD.
https://www.alaskajournal.com/business-and-finance/2015-06-17/anchorage-marks-hundred-years-hundred-languages
There are now 100 languages spoken in the Anchorage School District. From 1993 to 2015, Spanish remains tops in non-English languages spoken, and Lao is still fifth. Hmong-speaking students have jumped up to second place with 1,067.
Currently, about 6,200 students are in the language program, 13 percent of the ASD student body. In all, more than 10,000 students are in, or have graduated from, English Language Learners; that’s one-in-five public Anchorage students.
At the beginning of last school year, minority students comprised 57 percent the district, up from 45 percent 10 years prior, according to ASD.