Tag: learners
Bright Learners, Big Country
Kristal Bivona returns from China full of its promise.
China is the future. After a short time in one of its gargantuan metropolises, it becomes clear that China is banking on the future by investing...
U.S. Education Department ‘Failing English Learners’
U.S. students who speak a language other than English at home and are still learning English have received scant support from the federal Department of Education under Secretary Arne Duncan. That is the take-away...
English Language Learners: Shifting to an Asset-Based Paradigm
(Estudiantes del Idioma Inglés: Valorizando los Aportes Que Brindan)
The 37th issue of the Annenberg Institute’s magazine, VUE (voices in urban education) focuses on the benefits that English Language Learners (ELLs) lend to the whole...
Native American English Learners Request for Information (RFI)
The U.S. Department of Education has now re-opened its request for information (RFI) on Native American English learners. The purpose of the RFI is to gather information pertaining to the identification and placement of...
Making Learners Click with Digital Storytelling
Nile Stanley and Brett Dillingham see the value in connecting learning literacy, language, and technology through storytelling
What Is Digital Storytelling?
Storytelling is the oldest form of teaching and probably the best way to learn. Recent...