For too long, our education systems have treated “English language learners” as a problem to be managed and minimized. Our Rising Voices: A Call to Action to Support Emergent Multilingual ...
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Type: Reports & briefs
In Their Own Words: Young People Describe the Impact of COVID-19
In their Own Words: Young People Describe the Impact of COVID-19 documents the lived experiences, needs, and strengths of 215 youth during the pandemic, and leads with their recommendations so ...
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Latinx Youth Reengagement Project Report
The Latinx Youth Reengagement Project report was developed by the King County Department of Community and Human Services along with several partners and in direct collaboration with Latinx youth leaders. ...
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Reengaging Opportunity Youth: Action Plan 3.0
Our region is one of many around the country that has worked to reframe conversations about disconnection with the more strengths-based term “opportunity youth,” putting the onus on the systems ...
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Creating Paths for Change: Understanding Student Disengagement and Reengagement
Local high school students have spoken: 96 percent have affirmed the desire to pursue a postsecondary education. Despite this, we are not doing enough for our young people. Nearly 2,000 ...
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Local Improvement Networks: Working together for elementary success
The earliest years of a child’s life are critical to their education. Yet in South Seattle and South King County, only 35 percent of low-income children are kindergarten ready. While ...
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