Effects of the Pandemic on High School English Learners and Ways to Help Them...
This webinar examines how the pandemic upended school life, the challenges for high school English Learners (ELs), state- and district-level efforts that can help ELs recover academically and address...
View ArticleThe Impacts on English Learners of Key State High School Policies and...
English Learners (ELs) in U.S. high schools often face unique challenges to navigating a path to graduation. This report examines the wide range of state policies that shape ELs’ education as they work...
View ArticleWorld of Migration: Immigrant Integration: Essential to the Success of...
In this conversation, Margie McHugh, director of MPI’s National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy, chats with Ivana Tú Nhi Giang about the important role of integration, for immigrants themselves...
View ArticleEffects of the Pandemic on High School English Learners and Ways to Help Them...
This webinar examines how the pandemic upended school life, the challenges for high school English Learners (ELs), state- and district-level efforts that can help ELs recover academically and address...
View ArticleThe Invisible Work of Family, Friend, and Neighbor Caregivers and Its...
Child care provided informally by relatives, friends, and neighbors is the most common form of U.S. child care, and it is particularly prevalent among immigrant and Dual Language Learner families. Yet...
View ArticleThe Importance of Family, Friend, and Neighbor Care for Immigrant and Dual...
In this webinar, speakers examine the critical role of child care provided by family, friends, and neighbors (FFN) for immigrant families and program and policy approaches to more equitably serve and...
View ArticleA Parent’s Guide to English Learner Assessments
Parental and community engagement with schools is an important part of ensuring students’ educational success. To support English Learners’ families as they engage with their local schools, this...
View ArticleUna guía para padres sobre las evaluaciones de estudiantes de inglés
La interacción de padres y miembros de la comunidad con los sistemas escolares de sus hijos es fundamental para asegurar su éxito académico. Para apoyar a las familias de estudiantes de inglés (EL, por...
View ArticleAdvancing Digital Equity among Immigrant-Origin Youth
Since the pandemic began, technology has become an even more central part of Americans’ lives. Yet access to digital devices, the internet, and digital skills training has long been uneven. For many...
View ArticleSchools Should Engage Diverse Community Stakeholders to Promoting Equitable...
As school districts across the United States move to allocate their federal Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds, it is essential that they engage with multilingual and...
View ArticleTesting Disrupted: Assessment of English Learners Complicated by Pandemic
Marking the release of a report examining the assessment of English Learner (EL) students after pandemic-induced disruptions, this webinar examines ELs’ learning experiences during the 2020-21 academic...
View ArticleEnglish Learner Testing during the Pandemic: An Early Readout and Look Ahead
In addition to upending daily life in the classroom, the pandemic has affected how states administer annual assessments to their students—disrupting a key means of collecting data on new or growing...
View ArticleTesting Disrupted: Assessment of English Learners Complicated by Pandemic
Marking the release of a report examining the assessment of English Learner (EL) students after pandemic-induced disruptions, this webinar examines ELs’ learning experiences during the 2020-21 academic...
View ArticleHow State Assessments Became and Remain a Driver for Equity for English Learners
While the pandemic has given a boost to efforts to water down or limit end-of-year state assessments of students in K-12, this commentary notes the importance of testing to drive equity for the...
View ArticleEnsuring Effective Language Access Services and Policies in Early Childhood...
Language access policies and services are critical to promoting the equitable participation of Dual Language Learners and their families in early childhood programs, yet there are persisting...
View ArticleOverlooked but Essential: Language Access in Early Childhood Programs
Dual Language Learners (DLLs)—young children with a parent who speaks a language other than English at home—benefit greatly from early childhood programs, but they also enroll at lower rates than their...
View ArticleDual Language Learners: Key Characteristics and Considerations for Early...
How many Dual Language Learner (DLL) children live in your state, and what share do they comprise of all children under age 5? What languages are most commonly spoken in their households? Answers to...
View ArticleEnsuring Effective Language Access Services and Policies in Early Childhood...
Language access policies and services are critical to promoting the equitable participation of Dual Language Learners and their families in early childhood programs, yet there are persisting...
View ArticleApprenticeship Programs Are a Promising Solution to Bring More Multilingual...
Shortages of workers continue to plague early childhood education and care (ECEC) systems across the United States. With the field already struggling to effectively serve young children in families...
View ArticleRecommendations for the Task Force on New Americans
The Task Force on New Americans launched by the Biden administration represents an important occasion to deepen understanding of immigrant integration issues and to identify ways to address them. MPI’s...
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