Aída Walqui

English Learners (ELs) in secondary schools face two types of challenges: barriers to accessing rigorous courses and a scarcity of quality learning opportunities in school that prepare them for life, careers, and civic participation. To understand policies and systems-level practices that are related to the school experiences of ELs in secondary schools, the National Research and Development Center to Improve Education for Secondary English Learners (the center) will carry out two lines of i...

The purpose of this grant was to study the academic trajectories and outcomes of secondary immigrant English Language Learners in order to inform district policies, improve instructional and extracurricular programs, and refine classroom practices to better meet the needs of ELLs.