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Direct linkSugarman, Julie; Geary, Courtney – Migration Policy Institute, 2018
The Migration Policy Institute has produced a set of fact sheets providing an overview of key characteristics of the foreign-born and English Learner (EL) populations in select states. It aims to build understanding of state demographic contexts, how ELs are performing in K-12 schools, and the basics of state policies for EL education under the…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, State Policy, Second Language Learning, Standardized Tests
Batalova, Jeanne; Fix, Michael – Migration Policy Institute, 2022
College-educated immigrants in the United States are more likely to have advanced degrees and to major in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields than their U.S.-born peers with college degrees. But their educational levels have not always translated into occupational gains: They are more likely than U.S.-born workers to be…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, College Graduates, Immigrants, STEM Education
Sugarman, Julie – Migration Policy Institute, 2021
Across the United States, students face increasingly high expectations of what they should know and be able to do upon completing high school. However, too few state policies take into consideration how the pathway to graduation may look different for English Learners (ELs), particularly adolescent newcomers who have limited formal education. Many…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Educational Improvement, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gap
Park, Maki; Pompa, Delia – Migration Policy Institute, 2021
More than 7.4 million U.S. children ages 5 and under live in a household where a language other than English is spoken by a parent or caregiver. But despite the size and growth of this Dual Language Learner (DLL) population, and these children's distinct linguistic assets and learning needs, standardized policies for identifying them and…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Bilingual Students, Preschool Children, Ability Identification
Katsiaficas, Caitlin; Park, Maki – Migration Policy Institute, 2018
About one in five Minnesota children under age 8 has a parent who speaks a language other than English at home. These Dual Language Learners (DLLs), who numbered 136,000 in 2011-15, come from a wide array of national, linguistic, and cultural backgrounds--a reflection of Minnesota's sizeable refugee communities from East Africa and Southeast Asia…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Refugees, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
McHugh, Margie; Doxsee, Catrina – Migration Policy Institute, 2018
For the past 50 years, English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) classes provided through state adult education systems have been the primary means of meeting English acquisition for immigrants and refugees, and, to a limited extent, their integration needs. Yet these systems meet only a fraction of the total need for all adult education…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Adult Education
