This overview from the National High School Center examines the roles of states and school districts in supporting English Language Learners.
In what serves as a response to Samuel P. Huntington';s Who Are We?
This report from the Migration Policy Institute examines the increasing population of ELLs.
This report considers the approximately 265,000 out-of-school immigrant youths (OSYs) in the state of California.
Provides an overview of issues related to teaching English language learners (ELL), and recommendations for California policy including: challenges secondary ELL students face; needs and limitations of teachers and schools in CA; and best practices cit
Linguistic minorities are students who come from households where English is not the main language spoken. Most of these students do not come to school proficient in English.
Although ELLs make up about 11.4% of the New York City high school population, in 2005-2006, 93 of 183 schools examined in this report had less than 5% of ELLs in their student body.
A growing number of states now use or plan to implement exit exams which students must pass in order to graduate.
The report examines two trends in American public education: increases in enrollment and increases in new schools. The report compares enrollment growth by ethnic and racial groups to the composition of newly opened schools and existing schools.
This report from the Civil Rights Project and Jacinta Ma summarizes major research on trends in ELL education including how long it takes for ELL students to learn English; the best types of language support programs; results of Proposition 227 in Cali