School closings in Black and Hispanic communities are especially jarring and disruptive. There are ways parents can make sure their kids have support.
High schoolers do the hard work to reach their dream of attending college only to find themselves in remedial classes because high school left them unprepared.
No matter where you are in the process, there's something you can do to keep your child from getting unnecessarily stuck under the EL label.
Here's the lowdown on why student growth data is such an important way to measure a school's quality.