Preschool Reading Boosts Language Skills by Eight Months
Eight months is a big difference in language skills when you are looking at children aged under five.A new review of existing research finds that...
Recognizing Gifted English Learners
The National Center for Research on Gifted Education (NCREGE) has published a study, commissioned during the Obama administration, with funding from the U.S. Department...
EdTech for English Learners
U.S. Department of Education data show that English learners in grades K–12 in U.S. public schools in the 2015–16 school year numbered over five million students—about 10 percent of all enrolled students—and that roughly...
1 in 4 Students is an English Language Learner: Are We Leaving Them Behind?
Despite a push to train and recruit more bilingual teachers, school counselors, and school administrators, the US is facing a shortage of educators who can support issues relevant to English language learners.English language learners — often...
Focus on Student-Centered Learning
In Future-Focused Learning: Ten Essential Shifts of Everyday Practice, published by Solution Tree, author Lee Watanabe-Crockett details how educators can shift instruction to focus on student-centered learning competencies to...
Effective English Language Teachers
Patricia Hanson shares practical tips for classroom success
I recently observed a colleague teaching ratios in a middle school math class with several English learners (ELs). He naturally weaved in a conversation teaching the meaning...
Dual Language Italian Style
Ross Nelhams explores the benefits and challenges of teaching a class of Italian first graders in English, and asks what we can learn from themIn countries as varied as Canada, Brazil and Spain, the...
Informing Instruction for English Learners
A fresh start. A clean slate. The beginning of a new school year can be brimming with possibilities and excitement around the growth potential that has yet to be tapped for your students. It is...
Early Literacy Especially Important for ELLs
A new study from Oregon State University (OSU) shows that English learners are more likely to become proficient English speakers if they enter kindergarten with a strong initial grasp of academic language literacy, either in...
Smarter Balanced Making the Grade
Rachel Kachchaf explains how the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium is helping to improve outcomes for English language learnersWhat improvements/provisions do the latest versions of Smarter Balanced have for ELLs?The Smarter Balanced suite of...