It's critical for grantmakers to expand their collective efforts to improve learning outcomes for English Language Learners (ELL) to ensure that the next generation of Americans has the academic skills to succeed, a new report from Grantmakers for Education argues. According to Investing in Our Next Generation: A Funder's Guide to Addressing the Educational Opportunities and Challenges Facing English Language Learners (9 pages, PDF), closing the achievement gap between ELL students and their English-proficient peers requires agile, targeted interventions. Based on June 2010 discussions among funders, researchers, policy makers, and practitioners, the report calls on education grantmakers to commit to making ELL student success a priority, support more research, promote proven strategies, and share best practices.