Tag: english learners
GAO Reports on Mitigating Learning Loss for English Learners
While the pandemic presented obstacles for many students during the 2020–21 school year, the federal General Accounting Office’s (GAO’s) nationwide survey of public K–12...
Success from the Student Perspective
The many components of a successful English as a second language (ESL) program became apparent to me watching students thrive in a neighborhood public...
How to Best Support English Learners at Home
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, English learners (ELs), like many students, already faced challenges at school. How to engage and teach ELs when they’re learning...
City Schools Offer Guidance on English Learners
A new report from the Council of the Great City Schools suggests a wide range of actions that schools and districts can take to...
A Life and Love of Languages
People have asked me why I recently joined the U.S. Department of Education as assistant deputy secretary in the Office of English Language Acquisition...
Making It Add Up for All
A fifth-grade teacher tells her class that a person mowed their entire lawn. She gives them the length and width of the hypothetical backyard...
Six Keys to Success
We find ourselves in unprecedented times as the COVID-19 pandemic has shut down our schools for an indefinite amount of time. As educators, we...
New Toolkit Aims to Ensure English Learner Progress is Visible
In response to renewed calls to strengthen programs for English Learners, the Center for Equity for English Learners at Loyola Marymount University and Californians...
