ESSA Implementation in States and School Districts: Perspectives from...
Testimony of Delia Pompa, Senior Fellow in Education Policy, before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions for the February 23, 2016 hearing on the implementation of the Every...
View ArticleProviding a Head Start: Improving Access to Early Childhood Education for...
This study reveals the challenges and successes of collaboration between refugee resettlement services and Head Start, and demonstrates that increasing the Early Head Start and Head Start enrollment of...
View ArticleHow Well Are Young Children of Refugees Integrating into the United States?
MPI analysts discuss the results of an analysis comparing young children of refugees to other U.S. children on several key indicators of well-being.
View ArticleYoung Children of Refugees in the United States: Integration Successes and...
In an attempt to fill the knowledge gap on integration outcomes for children of refugees, this report presents a demographic and socioeconomic data profile of the 941,000 children ages 10 and younger...
View ArticleHow Well Are Young Children of Refugees Integrating into the United States?
MPI analysts discuss the findings of a report comparing young children of refugees to other U.S. children on several key indicators of well-being.
View ArticleChallenges in Accessing Early Childhood Education and Care for Children in...
This report examines how refugee families in Massachusetts access early childhood education and care (ECEC) services for their children through the refugee resettlement system. It examines how working...
View ArticleUsing Supplementary School Funding to Improve the Educational Outcomes of...
The educational needs of immigrant students in primary and secondary schools pose a growing challenge for policymakers and educators. Speakers will discuss supplementary funding to support the...
View ArticleImproving Education for Migrant-Background Students: A Transatlantic...
This report shed light on supplementary funding mechanisms targeted to migrant-background students in four countries—Canada, France, Germany, and the United States—and some of the key challenges and...
View ArticleUsing Supplementary School Funding to Improve the Educational Outcomes of...
Report authors and an ELL professional discuss the mechanics of school funding and the specialized services provided for migrant-background students in the United States, Canada, France, and Germany....
View ArticleDACA at Four: Participation in the Deferred Action Program and Impacts on...
At the fourth anniversary of the Obama administration’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, this issue brief describes the populations eligible for DACA as of 2016; discusses recent...
View ArticleClosing the Gap? The Role of Funding in Equitable Education for English...
Marking the release of a new report, this webinar will explore the key education funding mechanisms in place to support English Learners, public conversations about funding, and efforts to improve the...
View ArticleFunding an Equitable Education for English Learners in the United States
With English Learners (ELs) representing nearly 10 percent of U.S. elementary and secondary students, many school districts are struggling to develop the capacity to meet the needs of children from...
View ArticleClosing the Gap? The Role of Funding in Equitable Education for English...
This webinar explores the key education funding mechanisms in place to support English Learner elementary and secondary students in the United States, public conversations about funding, and efforts to...
View ArticleDual Language Learners in Head Start: The Promises and Pitfalls of New Reforms
The Head Start program—a model for early childhood education programs nationwide—has served more than 33 million children since its inception half a century ago, many from immigrant families. This...
View ArticleMental Health Risks and Resilience among Somali and Bhutanese Refugee Parents
Somali and Bhutanese refugees are two of the largest groups recently resettled in the United States and Canada. This report examines factors that might promote or undermine the mental health and...
View ArticleIncluding Immigrant and Refugee Families in Two-Generation Programs: Elements...
On this webinar, speakers discuss findings from a new report that analyzes U.S. parent population data and draws from a field study of select two-generation programs that serve immigrant and refugee...
View ArticleLanguage Diversity and English Proficiency in the United States
Although the number of U.S. residents who speak a language other than English has grown in recent decades, the share of those who are Limited English Proficient (LEP) has fallen: 40 percent in 2015,...
View ArticleServing Immigrant Families Through Two-Generation Programs: Identifying...
Two-generation programs that weave together early childhood learning with adult-focused programs hold great potential to break cycles of intergenerational poverty for low-income parents with young...
View ArticleIncluding Immigrant and Refugee Families in Two-Generation Programs: Elements...
MPI experts discuss their analysis of data on U.S. foreign- and native-born parents with young children, along with their findings from a field study of select two-generation programs that serve...
View ArticleState Sociodemographic Portraits of Immigrant and U.S.-Born Parents of Young...
These fact sheets provide a sociodemographic sketch of parents with children ages 0 to 8 in the 30 states with the largest number of immigrant families, offering data and analysis of some of the key...
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