Next Generation Charter Schools: Meeting the Needs of Latinos and English Language Learners

The Obama administration has supported the expansion of charter schools, and these schools tend to be populated in disproportionately high numbers by Latinos and ELLs. Therefore charter schools need to cater to their specific student bodies, and this report discusses several effective strategies as well as a few specific school profiles who execute them well; the recommendations can be applied at charter and traditional public schools alike. It also discusses current charter school laws.