For many school districts in multi-ethnic communities, supporting the needs of English language learners can be like running a never-ending race. The Clark County School District (CCSD) is training for the ultimate marathon. While many districts across the country have significant populations of English language learners, one in every five Southern Nevada public school students is an emergent bilingual. 

To address this challenge, UNLV’s department of early childhood, multilingual, and special education created an accelerated master’s degree program in English language development. The program, Progressive Understandings of Emergent Bilingual Learners Opportunities, also known as Project PUEBLO, started in the Summer of 2022 and graduated its first cohort of 96 teachers in spring 2023 at an impressive 98.9% completion rate….

Alain Bengochea, an assistant professor in the department of early childhood, multilingual, and special education, leads the Project PUEBLO effort.

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Source: UNLV News Center