Forty-four percent of New York City public school students speak a language at home other than English, with 156 different languages spoken across the nation’s largest school system.

Serving those children isn’t always easy — and in a new report, a 50-member advisory council commissioned by the Department of Education found some shortcomings, which top education officials readily recognized Tuesday.

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The city offers 566 bilingual programs — that includes transitional bilingual and dual language programs — in 12 languages

But equitable access to those programs remains a problem for some families, a new report finds

The city says it's working to scale up programs where needed and make other changes to better serve English language learners

“The council found some c

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