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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can someone summarize the pros or cons for this new English curriculum? [/quote]

Not that DCUM cares much about this, but this curriculum does not meet all the language learning needs of English learners. So EDL teachers will, once again, be developing and using their own curriculum.[/quote]
Which curriculum meets all the language learning needs of all English learners? [/quote]

You need phonics (which the new curriculum has) and a curriculum such as National Geographic/Cengage Time Zones:

https://ngl.cengage.com/search/productOverview.do?N=201+4294891824+4294918606&Ntk=P_EPI&Ntt=2018652554124969321720200217060222991&Ntx=mode%2Bmatchallpartial&homePage=false

English Learners need a specific curriculum for English similar to what native English speakers utilized when learning French, Spanish, etc.[/quote]

The CKLA curriculum has ELD support and comes in Spanish.

https://go.info.amplify.com/language-studio-ckla
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The ELD support is insufficient. And students who need to learn English, if they are native Spanish speakers, do not need the reading curriculum in Spanish.  They need to have supports to learn English, not just read in their native Spanish (although literacy in home language is important). And, we have English learners from all over the world, who speak many different languages. It's not just Spanish speakers.

ELD is a specific subject discipline, the same as math, science, history, etc. I wish MCPS would respect ELD as such.

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