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U.S. officials to speak about learning English at education summit

By Ty Tagami
Oct 15, 2014

U.S. Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Catherine E. Lhamon and Marianna Vinson, deputy director of the Office of English Language Acquisition, will speak Wednesday at the 11th Annual Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents Education Summit.

Both will address issues involving English language learners, starting at 4:30 p.m. at Atlanta Marriott Marquis (Imperial Ballroom B), 265 Peachtree Center Ave., NE, Atlanta.

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Ty Tagami is a staff writer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Since joining the newspaper in 2002, he has written about everything from hurricanes to homelessness. He has deep experience covering local government and education, and can often be found under the Gold Dome when lawmakers meet or in a school somewhere in the state.

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