Families of English learners

Seal of Biliteracy Map (December 2024)

Published Year
2024
Resource Type
Fact Sheet
Target Audience(s)
Dual Language/Bilingual Educators
Educators of English Learners
English Learners
Families of English learners
Originating Organization
OELA

Percentage of High School Graduates earning the Seal of Biliteracy (SoBL) in school year 2022-23.

California’s English learners and their long-term learning outcomes

Published Year
2024
Resource Type
Report
Target Audience(s)
Educators of English Learners
Administrators
Language Researchers
English Learners
Families of English learners

California's K-12 funding and instructional policies for English learners (ELs) have changed significantly over the past 2 decades. The major policy shifts held the potential to change student learning outcome patterns for ELs.

English learners? Emergent bilinguals? Multilingual learners?: Goals, contexts, and consequences in labeling students

Published Year
2024
Resource Type
Journal
Target Audience(s)
Educators of English Learners
Policy makers
English Learners
Families of English learners
Language Researchers

In this essay, the authors explore the dilemmas facing researchers, educators, and policymakers in how to refer to multilingual students who are deemed in need of language support in school. There is a growing concern with the label English learner, the term currently used in U.S.

English Learners and Career and Technical Education (September 2024)

Published Year
2024
Resource Type
Fact Sheet
Target Audience(s)
Educators of English Learners
English Learners
Families of English learners
Administrators
Originating Organization
OELA

This Fact Sheet highlights English learner students in secondary schools who are career and technical education participants (received at least one CTE credit in that year) and concentrators (received three credits within a career cluster during high school).

English Learners Who Are Black (September 2024)

Published Year
2024
Resource Type
Infographic
Target Audience(s)
Educators
English Learners
Families of English learners
Researchers
Originating Organization
OELA

Nationally, there are 213,832 English learner (EL) students who identify as Black,1 making up 4% of all ELs in public schools. This community brings a wealth of diverse languages, countries of origin, and cultural identities to communities across all 50 U.S. states.

Career and Technical Education: Preparing K–12 Multilingual Learners for Postsecondary Education and Careers - Chinese (September 2023)

Published Year
2023
Resource Type
Infographic
Target Audience(s)
Educators of Bilingual Students
Families of English learners
English Learners
Secondary Educators
Policy makers
Originating Organization
OELA

Career and technical education (CTE) encompasses courses and programs of study in which students acquire challenging academic, technical, and employability skills to succeed in postsecondary education and in-demand careers.