Why are school systems investing beyond the classroom? Put simply, by integrating more factors that influence students’ lives into their designs, schools stand to boost performance.
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Designed to be a “data story,” the site provides such information as the most common languages spoken by ELLs, current ELL populations in districts, and how likely ELL students are to attend schools with large concentrations of ELLs.
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The U.S. Department of Education has created a new interactive website designed to more effectively communicate data about the nation’s English language learners (ELLs) in public schools. 
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New research reveals long-lasting, positive effects of giving adolescents opportunities and tools to explore their backgrounds
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By the time they get to high school, students can likely list half a dozen times they’ve created an “All About Me” collage, showing family or cultural backgrounds, as a way for classmates and teachers to get to know one another. But with a different framing and a more structured approach, these types of projects can have a significant personal impact.
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"s states have upgraded their commitment to pre-K education over the past two decades, questions have arisen. Critics argue that program effects are likely to fade out or disappear over time, ...We conclude that some positive effects of a high-quality pre-K program are discernible as late as middle school."
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Eighth graders who attended Oklahoma’s universal pre-K program as 4-year-olds had higher math scores, were more likely to enroll in honors classes, and were less likely to repeat a grade than those who didn’t attend, according to new research from Georgetown University.
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In recent years, new roles have begun to crop up in schools including advocates who support the social side of students’ lives. These emerging roles vary; however, they aim to overcome the enduring structural barriers that separate social supports and academics in our traditional system. These new roles involve coordinating additional student services inside of school and connecting students to more opportunities beyond schools.