And that advanced work happening in classrooms across the school district is all part of the new English Language Arts curriculum that Martin County adopted this year. "We had to make a big decision.

Only about 7 percent of English language learners in the Boston Public Schools are enrolled in dual-language programs, a proven approach that provides some lessons in the student’s native language.

It would drop to 79 in the new draft. Language arts teachers are currently expected to teach a total of 205 standards in grades 6 through 8. But the new draft only has 69 standards for middle school.