UPDATES ON EDUCATION RESEARCH AND POLICY
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We want to help lawmakers, educators, and families make decisions about education by providing updates on national, regional and Missouri-specific research. While we strive to be objective, we want to facilitate discussion and will occasionally offer our own views on this blog.
Educating Emergent Bilinguals: What to Know
Missouri has more emergent bilingual students enrolled in public schools than ever before. The total count is nearly 40,000 as of 2024 – an increase of 28 percent since 2017. Are the state’s public schools ready to meet their needs?