Building Bridges Not Walls: Key Lessons from the 2019 Global Education...
Marking the U.S. release of the 2019 Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report, this discussion looks at different ways education policymakers, teachers, and civil society have responded to the...
View ArticleMinnesota’s Superdiverse and Growing Dual Language Learner Child Population
Dual Language Learners (DLLs) are a growing segment of the Minnesota young child population, and a particularly "superdiverse" one with myriad origins, cultures, and languages—a new reality other...
View ArticlePromoting Refugee Integration in Challenging Times: The Potential of...
At a time when the U.S. refugee resettlement system is facing unprecedented challenges, innovative and cost-effective tools for supporting refugee integration are in demand. This report explores how a...
View ArticleBreaking New Ground: Ten Ideas to Revamp Integration Policy in Europe
To address the intersecting challenges facing European societies—from population aging and labor-market change, to immigration and political upheaval—governments need to hone new strategies for helping...
View ArticleMore Than a DREAM (Act), Less Than a Promise
The first bill introduced in the 116th Congress to offer a path to legal status to DREAMers, the American Dream and Promise Act of 2019, could legalize nearly 2.7 million unauthorized immigrants...
View ArticleDo All High School Graduates Count? Unintended Consequences of State...
This webinar will discuss findings from a new MPI report that investigates the unintended consequences for English Learners of using the four-year graduation rate for school accountability. Speakers...
View ArticleHow Many Unauthorized Immigrants Graduate from U.S. High Schools Annually?
A high school diploma has been a core requirement of proposed DREAM Act legislation and the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Yet a fresh estimate of the number of unauthorized...
View ArticleThe Unintended Consequences for English Learners of Using the Four-Year...
High school graduation is a landmark event for students. It also plays an important role in the state accountability systems designed to ensure that schools provide all students a high-quality...
View ArticleDo All High School Graduates Count? Unintended Consequences of State...
This webinar, accompanying the release of an MPI report, investigates the unintended consequences for English Learners of using the four-year high school graduation rate for federal school accountability.
View ArticleLegal Protections for K-12 English Learner and Immigrant-Background Students
A complicated web of laws, policy guidance, and court rulings affect how English Learner (EL) and immigrant-background students are educated across the United States. This EL Insight sorts through them...
View ArticleAn Uneven Landscape: The Differing State Approaches to English Learner...
Experts share how states have approached Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) implementation, and areas where the law and state efforts to support English Learners can be improved.
View ArticleAn Uneven Welcome: Latin American and Caribbean Responses to Venezuelan and...
Large-scale displacement from Venezuela and Nicaragua is reshaping the migration landscape in much of Latin America and the Caribbean. This report, accompanied by the launch of a new Migration Portal...
View ArticleBienvenidas asimétricas: Respuestas de América Latina y el Caribe a la...
El gran desplazamiento forzado de personas en Venezuela y Nicaragua está transformando el panorama migratorio en gran parte de América Latina y el Caribe. Este informe examina las respuestas de las...
View ArticleThe Patchy Landscape of State English Learner Policies under ESSA
All 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico have developed blueprints to meet their commitments under the Every Student Succeeds Act—including requirements that aim to raise the profile of...
View ArticleAn Uneven Landscape: The Differing State Approaches to English Learner...
Experts share how states have approached Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) implementation, areas where the law and state efforts to support English Learners can be improved, and findings from the...
View ArticleWhich English Learners Count When? Understanding State EL Subgroup...
States publish a wealth of data about their English Learner students’ academic achievement and other outcomes such as graduation rates. But the answer to the question “Who is an EL?” is not always the...
View ArticleExpert Podcast: Understanding How English Learners Count in ESSA Reporting
This podcast features a discussion between MPI's Margie McHugh and Julie Sugarman about how to understand the varying composition of states' English Learner (EL) subgroup under ESSA, and why...
View ArticleAddressing Equity Concerns for English Learners: Where Do Native Language...
This webchat marks the release of a report examining the role native language assessments play in addressing equity concerns for English Learner (EL) students. The conversation offers participants an...
View ArticleEuropean Cities on the Front Line: New and Emerging Governance Models for...
As migration transforms cities across Europe—both large metropolises and small cities—there is a thriving debate about how to support immigrants’ integration into communities, labor markets, and health...
View ArticleCOVID-19 and Unemployment: Assessing the Early Fallout for Immigrants and...
Even as the pandemic-induced loss of tens of millions of jobs over a period of weeks dealt a devastating blow across the United States, its effects were most pronounced on certain demographic groups:...
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