ECS regularly issues useful compilations, summaries and/or comparisons of state policies — enacted or pending — on a wide variety of education topics, listed on the right. For a list of our most current documents, please see our What's New page.
Please use the links below to download PDFs that include all the documents for a given year.
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at 303.299.3692 or jivey@ecs.org.
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(Note: Not all topics have an ECS document associated with them. If you are looking for information on a specific topic, you can use our search function.)
Minority/Diversity Issues
 From the ECS State Policy Database: Special Populations--Immigrant Education - This policy database—updated weekly—is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States....
Improving Hispanic Achievement: Implications for State Policy  PDF - On October 19, 2010 President Obama signed an Executive Order creating a presidential advisory commission on Hispanic education. Many ECS constituents are deeply committed to improving educational outcomes for Hispanics. This ECS Alert contains a sampling of ECS policy tracking, analysis and research syntheses aimed at helping state policymakers work towards this important goal....
Service-Learning and Hispanic Students: What Works in the Field PDF - This report examines best practices in educating Hispanic students and improving student graduation rates and matriculation into higher education. The author sought to determine whether successful schools implemented different practices for Hispanic students and how successful service-learning was as a pedagogical approach. (Tiffani Lennon, Education Commission of the States, July 2009)...
A Growing Population: Hispanic Students in U.S. Schools and the Implications for American Education PDF - This issue of The Progress of Education Reform looks at three recent research studies on academic success for Hispanic students and offers insights on strategies that show promise in promoting greater educational attainment for Hispanic students. (Jennifer Piscatelli, The Progress of Education Reform, vol. 9, no. 6, Education Commission of the States, November 2008)...
From the ECS State Policy Database: Special Populations--Migrant Education - This policy database—updated weekly—is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States....
American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Education in the States  MS Word PDF - Currently, 20 states have policies addressing the education of American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian students. This ECS StateNote examines these policies and provides information on tribal colleges in the states. (Kyle Zinth, Education Commission of the States, Updated July 2006)...
From the ECS State Policy Database: Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian - This policy database—updated weekly—is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States....
From the ECS State Policy Database: Instructional Approaches--Official English - This policy database—updated weekly—is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States....
From the ECS State Policy Database: Minority/Diversity Issues--Hispanic - This policy database—updated weekly—is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States....
From the ECS State Policy Database: Minority/Diversity Issues - This policy database—updated weekly—is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States....
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