The world is changing...

I found some interesting information at http://www.ncte.org/edpolicy/ell. The web-site is for The National Council of Teachers of English. The very top of the web-site says:

According to the 2000 census 47 million people or 18% of the population in the United States speak a language other than English at home. By 2030, this number will increase to 40%. As the number of English Language Learners has increased, the politics of English language learning have become more prominent and complicated. Issues such as funding for bilingual education and ESL programs, the pros and cons of making English the official language of the U.S. and the status of ELL students in the context of testing are all sites of contested views.