Los padres latinos pueden desempeñar un papel vital y valioso en la promoción del desarrollo y el éxito educacional de sus bebés y niños pequeños. El mensaje principal es: los […]
May 22, 2023
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Latino fathers of infants and toddlers can play vital and valuable roles in promoting their children’s learning and development — including establishing a foundation for long-term reading success.
May 22, 2023
Early ChildhoodFamily educationInfant Development
The Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy and UnidosUS, designed a project to better understand the representation of Latinos in U.S. History textbooks for high school.
May 16, 2023
Educationhistory curriculumJohns Hopkins Institute for Education Policyrepresentation
This letter from 163 organizations across the country urges the House and Senate Chairs and Ranking Members of the LHHS Subcommittees to include in FY2024 appropriations $2 billion for Title III of ESEA—the federal formula grant program intended to support ELs in every state and territory.
May 2, 2023
EducationElementary and Secondary Education ActELsEnglish Learnersand 1 more tag
Read five policy briefs from our fellowship participants. The topics are mental health for K-12 and college students, data equity, college affordability and teacher diversity.
April 20, 2023
Advocacycollege affordabilityData Equitydiversityand 11 more tags
Practice to policy brief on supporting English Learners in California.
April 11, 2023
CaliforniaEducationELsEnglish Language Learners
UnidosUS in collaboration with Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors and BSP Research, released a comprehensive study of the economic and social issues facing Latino families with children prenatal through five years old.
March 31, 2023
BilingualEducationHealth and Well-beingLatino Infants Initiativeand 3 more tags
Florida has the third-largest Latino student population in the United States. One out of ten students in Florida are identified as English Learners (ELs) or English Language Learners (ELLs). About […]
March 24, 2023
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Descubrimos que terapeutas del lenguaje estaban aconsejando a madres latinas que no hablaran español con sus hijos para no “confundirlos”. Este resumen temático revisa lo que descubrimos en nuestros grupos […]
February 7, 2023
alfabetización tempranabebés/niños pequeñosBilingüismoderechos civilesand 9 more tags
We found that speech therapists were advising Latina moms not to speak Spanish to their children so as not to “confuse” them. This topic brief reviews our focus group findings and presents key research evidence, compiled over decades, that contradicts this advice. Recommendations for programs, parents and family members and policy makers are included.
December 23, 2022
Civil Rightsdisabilities servicesDual Language DevelopmentEarly Childhoodand 5 more tags
UnidosUS in collaboration with Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors and BSP Research, released survey results from 1,300 Latino families on the health and well-being of their youngest children.
December 1, 2022
BilingualEducationHealth and Well-beingLatino Infants Initiativeand 3 more tags
UnidosUS led a sign-on letter to Congress requesting no less than $1 billion for Title III in FY23 federal appropriations to support the unique educational needs of English learners.
October 27, 2022
EducationELsEnglish LearnersTitle III