Tag: English Language Learner
Designing Learning Ecologies
How did you spend much of 2020? Hours online? And then came 2021, being both easier and more...
English Learners Slide More During Summer
For many students—particularly those that are historically underserved—the summer break from learning perpetuates inequitable achievement gaps, according...
Recommendations for Long-Term English Learners
Ten years after their groundbreaking publication, Reparable Harm called attention to California’s long-term English learners (LTELs), Californians Together has released Renewing Our Promise, a research and policy report by Manuel Buenrostro & Julie Maxwell-Jolly,...
Celebrating Multilingual Learner Identity through Personal Narrative Instruction
The social isolation and countless hours of silent, independent assignments young linguistically diverse scholars have endured during the past year of online learning have left scores in dire need of lessons that affirm their...
Setting a New Federal Agenda on English Learner Education
With the beginning of a new presidential administration earlier this year, some language activists and thinkers believe 2021 could be a pivotal year for education policy surrounding English learners (ELs). New America, a Washington,...
Improving Accountability for English Learners in California
Californians Together, a statewide education advocacy coalition, has introduced a new framework for accountability focused on the needs of English learner (EL) students in California, with the support of 20 organizations including Advancement Project...
Improving Accountability for English Learners in California
Californians Together, a statewide education advocacy coalition, has introduced a new framework for accountability focused on the needs of English learner (EL) students in California with the support of 20 organizations, including Advancement Project...
Advocacy Groups Call to Postpone In-Person Exam for ELL’s
A number of advocacy groups have called on President-elect Joe Biden’s education transition team to amend the requirements for...
Stop Overlooking English Learners
Deborah J. Short outlines a plan to invest and engage in English Learner education
In the past six months, we have heard the cry “DEFUND” in varied contexts, often as a call for social justice,...
Feds Lay Out Rules for English Learners during Closures
The U.S. Department of Education has issued a factsheet clarifying states’ responsibilities to English learners (ELs) and their parents during the extended school closures:
Annual ELP Assessment — If a state educational agency (SEA) cannot...