2024 is ending with a number of questions for the nation’s rising English-learner inhabitants.
It’s been one yr because the U.S. Division of Schooling’s workplace of English language acquisition took again oversight of Title III—the first federal funding stream for supplemental companies for English learners. Over the previous few years, the workplace has labored on highlighting greatest practices for districts in welcoming newly arrived college students, awarding grants to assist states develop their restricted swimming pools of bilingual educators, and sharing techniques to develop dual-language immersion packages.
This was additionally the primary yr wherein highschool graduates in all 50 states and the District of Columbia may earn a seal of biliteracy—a designation on their highschool diplomas indicating their mastery of English and a minimum of one different language.
However English learners’ language proficiency scores continued to development decrease than in pre-pandemic years, and anti-immigrant rhetoric from President-elect Donald Trump and his promise of mass deportations have left many communities questioning what coverage modifications lie in retailer in January and the way these may have an effect on faculties.
These are all developments Schooling Week will monitor within the coming yr.
