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An ethnographic research design was used in this two-year project examining the impacts of school parent liaisons and immigrant Latino families.

Using a Funds of Knowledge framework, a researcher interviewed parents who spoke languages other than English at home about their relationship with their child's elementary school. Results indicated that parents respected their child's teacher and saw themselves as collaborators.

The focus of this study is on the postsecondary transition planning for English learners (ELs) with disabilities.

This paper discusses the importance of family and community engagement as a key predictor of student achievement. It notes family engagement is often missing from efforts to improve education, equity, and reinvention.

The Dual Language Learners Program Assessment (DLLPA) was developed as a self-assessment for Head Start, child care, and prekindergarten programs to determine the degree their systems and services enable the full participation of dual language learners and their families.

Teachers of English learners find it challenging to communicate in classrooms where students come from a variety of language and cultural backgrounds. Some children may speak Spanish at home, while others speak Vietnamese, Punjabi or Arabic.

Young children growing up in households where at least one parent speaks a language other than English now make up nearly one-third of all young children ages 8 and under in the United States.

ilingual children have been shown to be better communicators, do a better job paying attention, and even become stronger readersin both languages. Yet most American children who speak a language other than English at home begin to lag behind in school by fourth grade.

Especially in the United States' New South, rapid growth in numbers of Latino/a students, particularly Latino/a English Language Learners (ELLs), has resulted in a cultural clash that is reflected in the often prejudiced attitudes of predominantly white monolingual teachers towards such student

Innovation in English as a Second Language (ESL) services to support Latino immigrant parents and their children is needed, and this study examines a novel program that suggests future directions for the field.