All Children of Immigrants and Dual Language Learners Resources (cont'd)
- Effectively Educating Pre-K-3rd English Language Learners (ELLs) in Montgomery County Public Schools
Despite rapid growth in its English Language Learner (ELL) population, Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) has been highly effective in improving outcomes for ELL students across the district.
June 30, 2011 • Read MoreChildren in Immigrant Families: Ensuring Opportunity for Every Child in AmericaChildren in immigrant families account for nearly one-fourth (24 percent) of all children as of 2010, and the vast majority (88 percent) are U.S. citizens.
March 7, 2011 • Read MoreEarly Education Programs and Children of Immigrants: Learning Each Other’s LanguageAbstract Children from immigrant families are the fastest growing group of children in the United States.
January 26, 2011 • Read MoreA New Vision to Increase the Academic Achievement for English Language Learners and Immigrant StudentsAbstract This paper analyzes the challenges and opportunities posed by today’s education reform debate for the early education and language learning of immigrant, limited English proficient, and English language learner students 3 to 8 years old.
January 26, 2011 • Read MoreChildren of Immigrants: Economic Well-BeingAbstract This data brief is the fourth in a series that profiles children of immigrants using up-to-date census data and other sources.
January 26, 2011 • Read MoreEducation and Achievement: A Focus on Latino “Immigrant” ChildrenAbstract The high number of English language learners (ELLs) has brought a change in the demographics of public schools and a need to account for the educational experiences of these students, both linguistically and academically.
December 1, 2010 • Read MoreThe Demographic Impacts of Repealing Birthright CitizenshipWASHINGTON — Repeal of birthright citizenship for the U.S.-born children of unauthorized immigrants would expand the unauthorized population by at least 5 million over the next four decades using conservative demographic assumptions, according to a new Migration Policy Institute (MPI) report.
September 20, 2010 • Read MoreAssessment of Young English Language Learners in Arizona: Questioning the Validity of the State Measure of English ProficiencyThis study analyzes the Arizona policy of utilizing a single assessment of English proficiency to determine if students should be exited from the ELL program, which is ostensibly designed to make it possible for them to succeed in the mainstream classroom without any further language support.
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