School districts serving newcomer English Learners (ELs) generally offer short‐term
intensive English programs designed to teach foundational language skills and guide …

The growing number of K-12 non-native English speaking students increases the value of
optimizing education policy to meet their academic needs. Using a regression discontinuity …

Abstract Approximately five million English Language Learners (ELLs) attend public schools
in the United States. Because the majority of ELLs tend to live in immigrant families, schools …

In this study, we use microdata from 12 Florida county-level school districts to examine the
effects of early grade retention on the short-, medium-, and long-term outcomes of English …

ABSTRACT The City Connects intervention is motivated by the belief that out-of-school
factors act as barriers to student thriving in cognitive and non-cognitive domains. It seeks to …

Research shows that Early College high schools have a significant impact on high school
and college outcomes for students from low income and racial/ethnic minority backgrounds …

Analyses of large-scale public pre-Kindergarten programs in several US states suggest that
students with limited English proficiency differentially benefit from such pre-K programs …

Developmental reading and writing courses seek to provide underprepared college students
with the academic literacy skills necessary to succeed in college-level coursework. Yet, little …

This article investigates the differences in academic achievement trajectories from
elementary through middle school among English Learner (EL) students in four different …

Despite federal and state laws and regulations that require states and local districts to
provide English language learners (ELLs) with support services, prior research has …