ABSTRACT
Part 1 of this book highlighted the increasing growth of ELLs and the rich diversity of family and linguistic backgrounds represented in American schools today. It also outlined the challenges
to schools and teachers, especially in those communities with increasing numbers of ELLs and limited economic resources. In this context, the HCPS district is similar to school districts in other parts of the country that serve large numbers of minority students, including many who are recent immigrants. In HCPS, only 44 percent of students are white. e largest minority groups are Hispanic (26 percent), Indian (32 percent), and black (22 percent). A serious challenge is recruiting teachers who are representative of the student body. Over 75 percent of teachers in the system are white; only 9 percent are Hispanic and fewer than 1 percent of the teachers are of Indian ethnicity.
