Portland Public Schools is pushing to expand multilingual learning in response to a growing number of students who are not native English speakers. At a meeting Tuesday night, the school board passed a resolution calling for all teachers in the district to attain some level of multilingual learning certification over the next several years.
The district has enrolled more than 950 new students since the start of the school year, including those with “intensive language needs”.
Districtwide, 32% of students are multilingual learners, according to the school board.
