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Using Multilingual Approaches to Support English Acquisition

Published Year

2023

Resource Type

Brief

Target Audience(s)

Educators of Multilingual Learners

This spotlight explores the use of multilingual approaches for the purpose of supporting English language acquisition, shares examples of statewide approaches, and highlights strategies for program design and instruction.

Leveraging CA MTSS to Support English Learner-Classified Students: Insights from Three CA Districts

Published Year

2023

Resource Type

Brief

Target Audience(s)

Educators of English Learners

Researchers

Administrators

Policy makers

This brief is part of the Landscape of Language Learners in California’s MTSS (Multi-Tiered System of Support). This brief highlights findings from a study focused on how California’s Multi-Tiered System of Support (CA MTSS) framework serves English- Learner (EL) classified students1.

The landscape of language learners in California’s MTSS: The State of High School Graduation Rates

Published Year

2023

Resource Type

Brief

Target Audience(s)

Educators of English Learners

Administrators

Researchers

Policy makers

This brief examines the notable trends and disparities in high school graduation rates between English-Learner classified students (ELs) and non-English-Learner classified students in California over the past five years.

Funding English Learner Education: Making the Most of Policy and Budget Levers

Published Year

2021

Resource Type

Brief

In the United States, funding for K-12 education is complex; it includes federal, state and local funding sources. Funding an equitable, high-quality education for English learners (ELs) is also complex.

Investigating Outcomes for English Language Learners in Arkansas Better Chance (ABC) Pre-K

Published Year

2021

Resource Type

Brief

Students with limited English proficiency face numerous educational challenges with the potential result of large achievement gaps between these students and their English proficient peers.

Challenges in Assessing California's Diverse Dual Language Learners

Published Year

2021

Resource Type

Brief

Many of the assessments of young children's academic and social-emotional skills currently available are only in English.

English Language Learners in Public Schools

Published Year

2020

Resource Type

Brief

This brief provides a state-by-state breakdown of the percentage of students identified as English Language Learners (ELs) who were enrolled in public schools in the fall of 2017.

Integrating Language While Teaching STEM: Effective instructional practices, examples, and practice shifts for science and engineering teachers

Published Year

2020

Resource Type

Brief

This is the first publication in a series of briefs that are designed to highlight promising practices for educators and other staff who support English learners (ELs) and their families with English language acquisition and the maintenance of native languages.

Addressing the Needs of North Carolina's English Learner Students

Published Year

2019

Resource Type

Brief

This brief discusses the increasing educational opportunity gap between English learners (ELs) in North Carolina and their peers. It argues that limited school funding is exacerbating this opportunity gap. The state's federal and state legal obligations to ELs are highlighted.

Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy Through Arts-Based Learning: Preservice Teachers Engage Emergent Bilinguals

Published Year

2019

Resource Type

Brief

This brief describes the experiences of a cohort of preservice teachers who co-created arts integration units with English learners (ELs). The students and preservice teachers created plays based on culturally relevant children's literature.