Promising Practices

Secondary Level

Research-Based Recommendations for Serving Adolescent Newcomers

Practical Guidelines for the Education of English Language Learners from the Center for Instruction

Double the Work: Challenges and Solutions to Acquiring Language and Academic Literacy for Adolescent English Language Learners

Achievement for Latinos through Academic Success (ALAS): Dropout Prevention Strategies

Founded on the idea that student success is shaped by three inter-related contexts-family, school and community-Achievement for Latinos through Academic Success (ALAS) demonstrates an effective dropout prevention and reentry/recovery strategy that strengthens student supports in each context and builds stronger linkages among them.http://www.ndpc-sd.org/documents/Evidence_Based_Practices/ALAS_Model_Description.pdf