The Bilingual Edge: Why, When, and How to Teach Your Child a Second Language

For years, Pittsburgh has been an anomaly among urban districts because of its low number of ESL students. While districts in Texas, Florida and California have swelled with immigrants, Pittsburgh enrolled only 273 ESL students in 2004-05.

A sluggish job market may have been responsible for the low numbers, Tim McKay, the ESL curriculum supervisor, speculated. Now, affordable housing and immigrants’ family networks may be fueling an increase.

The number of ESL students jumped to 485 this school year and is projected to reach 1,085 by 2010-11.

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