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Kenji Hakuta to Lead Development of ELL Standards

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April 2011

California Collaborative member Kenji Hakuta will co-chair a two-year effort to develop a framework for the English-language demands of the Common Core State Standards. With $2 million in support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the group will build an open-source platform of resources for teachers of English Language Learners in an effort to link English language proficiency with content standards and assessments. California Collaborative member AĆ­da Walqui will be a member of the project team.

Link to Stanford University press release
Link to Education Week article