Resource Library

The majority of children under age 1 in the United States today are children of color; that one simple fact means that our future will be very different from our current reality. Before we reach the end of this decade, more than half of all youth in this country will be of color.

This study examines data from focus groups conducted with Spanish-speaking Latino parents to gauge their perceptions of the role of schools in Latino students' college readiness.

This qualitative case study examines an after-school, bilingual family literacy programme that brought together several groups to form a community of practice (CoP) that worked to support the literacy development of English language learners and their families.

Many children in North America and around the world grow up exposed to two languages from an early age. Parents of bilingual infants and toddlers have important questions about the costs and benefits of early bilingualism, and how to best support language acquisition in their children.

This paper provides guidance on how to build successful family-school partnerships. The ideas presented are "designed to act as a scaffold for the development of family engagement strategies, policies, and programs."

This article describes parent and child responses to a home book-reading program designed to provide prekindergarten students and their families with access to dual-language books and audio recordings in English as well as their home language.

This multi-part brief summarizes relevant findings in education policy research for engaging the families of English learners.

This report presents an overview of ELs, the history of grants on their behalf, and how philanthropy can impact the education of English learners.

This study examined the indigenous identities of urban American Indian youth using measures related to three theoretical dimensions of Markstrom's identity model: identification (tribal and ethnic heritage), connection (reservation ties), and involvement in traditional cultural practices and sp

This qualitative study examines the experiences of Korean-American students, parents and teachers in a newly instituted 50/50 Korean-English dual language immersion programme, where the majority of the students are of Korean descent.