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Effects Of Socioeconomic Status On English Language Learners' Success In School, Abbie Ashcraft

M.Ed. Literature Reviews

This research paper focuses on the effects of socioeconomic status on English language learners' overall success in school. The aspects of success discussed in this paper pertain to academics, social-emotional learning, and home practices, beliefs, and environments. Most English language learner students come from low socioeconomic status households and enter school with little to no English proficiency. This puts them at a much higher risk of developing academic struggles because of the need for more resources and opportunities, on top of acquiring a new language. They are also more likely to develop emotional and behavioral problems because of internalized behaviors …

Barriers For Pseudo School District’S College Bound Scholars’ Scholarship Attainment, Annette Burnett

Ed.D. Dissertations in Practice

The need for college-educated, skilled workers is ever increasing, however the number students attending post-secondary education is decreasing and furthermore there is a gap between low-income students attending post-secondary education and their non-low income peers. Washington state has created the College Bound Scholarship program which financially assists low-income students to attend post-secondary education opportunities.

The purpose of this research study was to examine the barriers and supports needed for students in Pseudo School District to meet the requirements of the College Bound Scholarship: (a) graduate from a Washington high school with a grade point average of 2.0 or higher, (b) …