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Financing Dual Language Learning: The Road Ahead
According to Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), reauthorizing No Child Left Behind is his top priority.
New Column: Immigration Reform, Dual Language Learners, and GDP
What if we thought of young immigrants as investment-worthy resources?
An Unlikely Ally: How ‘Orange Is the New Black’ Is Promoting Early Literacy
Through adult TV dramas and Univision broadcasts, Too Small to Fail experiments with unconventional methods for spreading messages of early
Financing Dual Language Learning: The Data Matter
Lawmakers don't specify which source of data the Department of Education should use to calculate states' Title III funding for dual language
Financing Dual Language Learning: Here’s How it Works
The federal government, although it pitches in only $723 million, has taken on a growing role in educating DLLs through Title III.
Summarizing the Research on Dual Language Learners
New syntheses of the current research on dual language learners' linguistic and academic developmental pathways.
Reclassification Rules for Dual Language Learners Matter
A new report finds enormous variety in how states are serving dual language learners.
New Report: States’ Reclassification Policies Cause Chaos for Dual Language Learners
State dual language learner policies are literally and figuratively all over the map. But they're building more harmony into the system.
Putting Dual Language Learners First in Minnesota
Minnesota's reforms to how their public schools serve dual language learners are exciting. A new brief explores their strategy for effective
More Research On Precisely What Works for English Language Learners
New research on how schools can best support English language learners: less conclusive than we might like.
Research on Making Policy Reforms Work for Dual Language Learners
It's one thing to get the policies right for supporting dual language learners. It's quite another to implement those policies well.
Beyond Subprime Learning: Our Ideas for Accelerating Progress in Early Education
Our new report calls for policies that are aimed at improving the quality of interactions between teachers and children.
Making the Common Core Work for Latino Students
As exhausting as they can be, today’s children are a critical economic resource.