Please join us on May 9th to hear co-authors Tina Cheuk and Diana Mercado-Garcia discuss their new book, Preparing English Learners for College and Career: Lessons from successful high schools (forthcoming summer 2018, Teacher College Press). 

How do school communities create environments that fully prepare both English learners and dual-language learners for colleges and careers? This book profiles six high-performing high schools that had a singular focus on improving the educational outcomes of English learners. The authors use these case studies to identify a comprehensive set of design elements and shared values that were key factors in yielding extraordinary results. These include a school-wide language development framework that integrates content, analytical practices, and language learning; a broad and dynamic view of assessment practices; intensive social-emotional support for students and their families; and mission-driven staff and leadership that maximize learning opportunities across classrooms. The practices employed in these schools are not only essential for English learners’ success but, as the performance data shows, they also benefit all students.

Tina Cheuk researches teaching practices and policies that support English learners in science classrooms. Tina is a doctoral candidate in the SHIPS program at the GSE.

Diana Mercado-Garcia researches large-scale policies and how they influence organizational change at the school, state, and federal level to reduce social, economic, and racial inequalities. Diana is a doctoral candidate in Education Policy and Sociology of Education at the GSE.