All posts by Patti Schank

Newcomer Wellness Initiative 2019-20 Evaluation Report

Bilingualism, Evaluation, High school, Middle school, Report, Resource, Systems change, Technical assistance, Translanguaging

This report shares findings from a survey conducted with Newcomer students, defined as individuals attending schools in the United States for three years or less and who speak a language other than English at home, in Oakland Unified School District. The survey was designed to inform the work of the Newcomer Wellness Initiative, a program that uses a multi-tiered system of support (MTSS) framework to support Newcomers and improve the school culture to feel more safe, welcoming, and inclusive. The analysis is focused on two overlapping groups of students: 1) those who were born in the Northern Triangle region of Central America (Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras), and 2) those who spoke Mam as their home language.

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Citation: Chen, W., Chong, M., McCracken, M. (2020). Newcomer Wellness Initiative 2019-20 Evaluation Report. Menlo Park, CA: SRI International.

Think Forward New England: Profiles of Innovation | Margarita Muñiz Academy

Bilingualism, Brief, Research, Resource, Systems change, Translanguaging

Margarita Muñiz Academy in Boston, MA, was founded in 2012 with the mission of providing full cultural and linguistic fluency in Spanish and English for all of its students. The school’s development of its “Portrait of a Scholar” project led to a number of changes focused on providing greater opportunities for student voice and participation. The pandemic paused that work, but the experiences of remote learning ultimately reaffirmed the school’s vision. This innovation profile focuses on the pause and what came after: how the Muñiz Academy community came together at the beginning of the pandemic, how it evolved during remote learning, and what it is moving forward into the future.

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Citation: Parker, C.E., & Shibre, E. (2021). Think Forward New England: Profiles of Innovation | Margarita Muñiz Academy. Retrieved from https://crpe.org/profiles-of-innovation-margarita-muniz-academy/

Related Project: Think Forward New England: New England’s Education Systems Navigate COVID-19 and Map a New Way Forward