Reviewing School District and Caregiver Engagement: Toward Building Capacity to Serve English Learners

Abstract

Abstract The authors conducted a comprehensive literature review of school district partnerships with caregivers of ELs to inform this project design. This literature review addresses the following research question: What are the needs of caregivers of ELs in K-12 schools, and how are school partnerships supporting these caregivers? This literature review will address these gaps and overcoming EL caregiver underrepresentation by discussing seven focused and three theoretical codes drawn from a comprehensive review of 21 articles.             Keywords: English Learner, caregiver, school districts, partnerships