Civil Rights Update for English Learners – Podcast Episode 150

Classnotes Podcast (March 31, 2015) The U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Department of Justice recently published new guidance regarding education of English language learner students. The January 2015 statement was designed to remind states, school districts and schools of their “obligations under federal law to ensure that English learner students have equal access to a high-quality education and the opportunity to achieve their full academic potential.”

Kristin Grayson, Ph.D., an IDRA education associate who works with schools to improve EL student achievement, discusses steps schools and school districts need to take to make sure they are serving ELL students and their families in ways that protect their civil rights as required by law. Kristin is interviewed by Bradley Scott, Ph.D. director of the IDRA South Central Collaborative for Equity.

Show length: 14:58

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Resources

U.S. Departments of Education and Justice Release Joint Guidance to Ensure English Learner Students Have Equal Access to High-Quality Education, January 2015

http://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/us-departments-education-and-justice-release-joint-guidance-ensure-english-learner-students-have-equal-access-high-quality-education

U.S. Department of Education- English Learner Tool Kit

A toolkit to help school districts identify English learner students, prepared by the Education Department’s Office of English Language Acquisition. This is the first chapter in a series of chapters to help state education agencies and school districts meet their obligations to English learner students.

https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oela/english-learner-toolkit/index.html

IDRA’s Framework for Effective Instruction of Secondary English Language Learners

http://www.idra.org/resource-center/a-framework-for-effective-instruction-of-secondary-english-language-learners/

IDRA South Central Collaborative for Equity

http://www.idra.org/South_Central_Collaborative_for_Equity/

New Research on Education of English Learners in Middle School and High School Released at IDRA José A. Cárdenas School Finance Fellow Program Symposium, February 2015

http://www.idra.org/resource-center/low-funding-for-educating-ells-affects-students-across-texas/

Education of English Language Learners in U.S. and Texas Schools – Where We Are, What We Have Learned and Where We Need to Go from Here – A 2009 Update, Albert Cortez, Ph.D., and Abelardo Villarreal, Ph.D.

http://www.idra.org/publications/education-english-language-learners-u-s-texas-schools-learned-need-go-2009-update/

Good Schools and Classrooms for Children Learning English: A Guide

María Robledo Montecel, Ph.D., Josie Danini Cortez, M.A., Albert Cortez, Ph.D., and Abelardo Villarreal, Ph.D.

http://www.idra.org/research_articles/ell-education/good-schools-classrooms-children-learning-english/

Assuring Civil Rights Protection with State ESEA Flexibility Waivers

Bradley Scott, Ph.D., IDRA Newsletter

http://www.idra.org/resource-center/assuring-civil-rights-protection/

Building a Civil Rights Juggernaut Using the Common Core Standards

Bradley Scott, Ph.D., IDRA Newsletter

http://www.idra.org/resource-center/building-a-civil-rights-juggernaut-using-the-common-core-standards/

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