Demographics

Equity & Diversity Spanish, Arabic, Chinese Are the Top Home Languages for ELLs in U.S. Schools
The 10 most commonly reported home languages of English-learners are, in order: Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, English, Vietnamese, Hmong, Haitian Creole, Somali, Russian, and Korean.
Corey Mitchell, February 22, 2016
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Chrissell Rhone speaks with Gage Harrison, a student at the Picayune Center for Alternative Education in Picayune, Miss. After teaching for 10 years in a school system with an ample supply of black teachers, Rhone is now the only African-American teacher in his workplace.
Chrissell Rhone speaks with Gage Harrison, a student at the Picayune Center for Alternative Education in Picayune, Miss. After teaching for 10 years in a school system with an ample supply of black teachers, Rhone is now the only African-American teacher in his workplace.
Edmund D. Fountain for Education Week
Equity & Diversity Black Male Teachers a Dwindling Demographic
African-American men like Chrissell Rhone make up just 2 percent of U.S. teachers and, for many of them, school can be a lonely place.
Corey Mitchell, February 16, 2016
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Equity & Diversity English-Language-Learner Graduation Rates Are All Over the Map
West Virginia, Arkansas and Iowa were the states where graduation rates for ELLs topped 80 percent. Less than a third of English-learners in Arizona and Nevada graduated on time.
Corey Mitchell, January 4, 2016
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Equity & Diversity Losing Bilingual Support Staff Can Affect ELL Students, Parents
Layoffs of bilingual secretaries in several Detroit schools come at a time when the U.S. Department of Education and other organizations have called for districts to redouble their efforts to connect with English-language learner parents.
Corey Mitchell, December 10, 2015
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School & District Management Book A Guide to Twenty-One Trends for the 21st Century: Out of the Trenches and Into the Future
This book from scholar Gary Marx offers essential takeaways from groundbreaking original research on the future direction of education.
November 11, 2015
Equity & Diversity Buffalo Struggles to Respond to Feds Over Access to Best Schools
The federal government is demanding more answers from school officials about how they plan to resolve allegations of discriminatory admissions practices at their better schools.
Jay Rey, The Buffalo News (N.Y.), November 3, 2015
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Equity & Diversity Teachers Should Adapt to Culture of Newcomer ELLs, Researchers Argue
The Migration Policy Institute report painted a picture of teachers and their students with limited or no formal education struggling to bridge cultural and language gaps.
Corey Mitchell, October 26, 2015
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English Learners Federal Guide Outlines Supports for Undocumented H.S. and College Students
The guide should help school leaders support children "regardless of actual or perceived immigration status," wrote Education Secretary Arne Duncan.
Corey Mitchell, October 20, 2015
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2 min read
English Learners White House, Ed. Dept. Partner to Address Needs of Black English-Language Learners
More than 130,000 of the nation's K-12 English-language learners are black, according to a new report.
Corey Mitchell, October 12, 2015
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1 min read
English Learners Where Key States Stand on the 'DREAM Act' Debate
A new report details how states are coming down on opposite sides of the in-state tuition debate for undocumented immigrant students.
Corey Mitchell, October 8, 2015
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1 min read
Equity & Diversity District Works to Root Out Bias Against Spanish-Speaking Students, Teachers
This Education Week story examines efforts to counter discrimination and bias in a Colorado school system where 60 percent of students are English-language learners.
Corey Mitchell, September 17, 2015
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Equity & Diversity Discrimination at School Harms Development of Young ELLs, Study Says
A Migration Policy Institute report finds that children of immigrants are more likely to form "positive connections with the larger U.S. society" when schools view the students positively.
Corey Mitchell, September 10, 2015
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Equity & Diversity Critics Protest Opening of Houston Arabic Immersion Elementary School
Arabic is the second-most common foreign language spoken at home in the Houston school district, and the metropolitan region has seen its Arabic-speaking population spike in recent years.
Corey Mitchell, August 24, 2015
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Equity & Diversity Undocumented Immigrant Children Banned from Indiana Preschools
Despite the policy, there has been some effort to reach out to families who do not speak English as a first language
Corey Mitchell, August 12, 2015
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1 min read
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