John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities
Housing instability associated with lower graduation rates for students in San Mateo County

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The Stanford-Sequoia K-12 Research Collaborative
The Stanford-Sequoia K-12 Research Collaborative is a research-practice partnership among the Stanford Graduate School of Education, including the Gardner Center; nine local school districts that serve over 30,000 students from kindergarten through high school; and the nonprofit California Education Partners.
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One of the Collaborative projects focuses on the long-term success of multilingual learners and specifically addresses how and when students are reclassified from English Learner status to a fluent and proficient status. The Gardner Center has taken the lead in identifying the challenges and opportunities inherent in existing reclassification processes and is studying how adjustments are making a difference.
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