Regional English Learner Research Alliance (Historical)

Building on more than 10 years supporting educators in providing high-quality instruction to English learner students, REL Northeast & Islands launched the Regional English Learner Research Alliance in Fall 2019. The Alliance expanded the Connecticut English Learner Research Partnership, which for three years focused on supporting stakeholders at all levels in Connecticut districts to have a shared understanding of how to provide high-quality, evidence-based instruction to English learner students. The Alliance included members from Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. These members were refining and expanding on the partnership’s goal to address regionwide issues around culturally relevant instruction, increasing collaboration across educational content areas, improving graduation rates, and appropriately serving the diverse population of English learners.