State of Language Rights and Bilingual Education 50 years After …
January 21, 2024 marked the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court case of 1974 which enshrined in law that students identified as English learners (ELs) must be provided with the necessary services to “fully participate” in their education, regardless of their home language. The class action case was brought forth on behalf of 1,800 Cantonese-speaking students from Chinese backgrounds ...
Integrating Native People in Curriculum: Learning from the Past …
Dec 12, 2022 · Integrating Native People in Curriculum: Learning from the Past and Current Voices. As 2022 ends, it can be tempting to forget intentions set during November, National Native American heritage month. Thus, take time to reflect on the reasons why the nation intentionally recognizes Native people and strategies to implement in learning environments.
Arizona To Offer New Flexibility to English Learners - New America
By. Amaya Garcia. Feb. 12, 2019. Yesterday, the Arizona state legislature unanimously approved Senate Bill 1014, which pulls back on a restrictive policy that forced English learners (ELs) to spend four hours a day learning English absent content-area instruction. Since 2002, when the state’s English-only law was first implemented, ELs have ...
The Case for Multiparty Democracy - New America
Jan. 23, 2020. Excerpt adapted from Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop: The Case for Multiparty Democracy in America by Political Reform senior fellow Lee Drutman. Today, American parties are more united internally around competing visions of national identity than any time since the Civil War. This division defines national partisan conflict and ...
Six states have now passed LGBTQ+ inclusive curriculum …
Jun 17, 2021 · Following months of anti-transgender legislation and contentious debates around LGBTQ+ student rights, Nevada took a big step forward last week by becoming the sixth state to require schools to teach a history and social science curriculum inclusive of LGBTQ+ people and identities. In many ways, Assembly Bill 2621 mirrors efforts of other states that have already passed such legislation, many ...
Family Thriving: How Social Policy Can Promote Greater Connection
Feb 13, 2024 · Social policies can help families and children to thrive when they recognize and embrace the intersection of issues and needs that impact real lives. Thriving Families, an ongoing qualitative research effort run by the New Practice Lab at New America, aims to make family thriving central to social policy design and delivery.
New Study Reveals Positive Impacts of Paraeducators on Student …
Apr 2, 2021 · Hemelt, Ladd and Clifton found that paraeducators had a positive impact on students’ reading and math achievement scores on state standardized tests and that these impacts were particularly strong for students of color. Teacher assistants also helped boost overall school proficiency rates, with the strongest effects seen for students of color ...
Growing Solutions to Food Insecurity on College Campuses - New …
The pandemic has disproportionately worsened the disparities in access that low-income, racially minoritized, and other marginalized individuals regularly face in health care, housing, and food security.In the midst of global crisis, many students made the difficult choice to leave college, seeking to reduce expenses, take care of their families, and prioritize work during this time of …
5 Ways Culturally Responsive Teaching Benefits Learners - New …
Around the country, more and more investments are being made to build a culturally responsive teaching workforce.In New York State, for example, a broad range of education stakeholders recently developed the state’s first Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Framework, a guidance document intended to help educators connect home and school cultures, engage students in rigorous learning, and ...
Culturally Responsive Teaching: A Reflection Guide - New America
This resource is intended to support the reflective practice and ongoing learning of culturally responsive teachers. It can help teachers assess their personal strengths and develop a plan to sharpen their practice. Additionally, this guide can and should be used by those who support teachers. Teacher preparation faculty, mentors, coaches, and ...