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Every classroom population is unique. Every school population is unique. When we communicate with broad labels like “EL,” our classrooms include a wide range of students:

 Students who speak English as their only language (EO)

 Students enrolled in Gifted and Talented Education (GATE)

 Students with individualized education programs (IEPs), enrolled in a resource specialist program (RSP), or receiving special education (SPED)

 Students who qualify for free and reduced-price lunch (students from low-income households)

 Students whose families move across state and national borders for work (Migrant Education Program participants)

When we look beyond labels to get more personal, our classrooms include a wide range of unique personalities, interests, experiences, strengths, and needs. Students often fit the criteria for more than one acronym (e.g., EL and GATE) and defy the definition of each broad category in their own unique ways.