Education

UnidosUS submitted comments on the RFI regarding the identification and tracking of data related to ECE providers, strongly supporting the expansion of PSLF eligibility to all ECE providers, regardless of their employer’s tax status.

August 14, 2024

Early Childhoodearly childhood educatorsPublic Service Loan Forgiveness

Written testimony submitted to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education on June 4, 2024.

June 7, 2024

EducationImmigrationK-12

This testimony urges the Senate Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies to include $16.48 billion for Head Start, $2 billion for the English Language Acquisition […]

June 6, 2024

AppropriationsEducationFunding

This letter from 162 national and state-based organizations urges the leaders of the House and Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, Education Subcommittees to include $2 billion for Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) in FY 2025 funding legislation.

May 15, 2024

EducationEnglish Language LearnersK-12

This report presents an overview of the Latino community amidst economic challenges and a dynamic socio-political landscape in California and Texas. Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors, in partnership with UnidosUS and BSP […]

May 9, 2024

CaliforniaEarly Childhood EducationECEPolland 1 more tag

This is a letter from UnidosUS and partner organizations in Arizona to the Arizona State Board of Education asking them to address the adverse implications of the current attacks on English Language Learners (ELLs) in Arizona.

April 4, 2024

Education for AllEquity in Educationmultilingual education

Casi unánimemente, los familias latinas quieren que sus hijos sean bilingües, que hablen, lean y escriban bien tanto en inglés como en español.

March 29, 2024

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Overwhelmingly, Latino parents want their children to be bilingual, to speak, read, and write well in both English and Spanish.

March 29, 2024

bilingualismDual Language LearnersEarly Childhood EducationECE

A comprehensive study of the economic and social issues impacting Latino families with children prenatal through five years old.

February 27, 2024

Child CareEarly EducationHealththe economy

The letter expresses strong support for increasing compensation for Head Start staff, while urging Congress to allocate more funding.

January 19, 2024

Early Childhood EducationEducation WorkforceEducatorsHead Start

UnidosUS and fellow Dual Language Learner (DLL) policy leaders, Early Edge California, and the Children’s Equity Project have released a new set of federal policy recommendations to support DLLs now.

December 5, 2023

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Desde que la pandemia de COVID-19 cerró los edificios de escuelas públicas en todo Estados Unidos a principios de 2020, investigaciones de indicadores académicos han documentado impactos desproporcionados, y potencialmente […]

November 30, 2023

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