Tag: multilingual learners
English Literacy for Multilingual Learners: Voices from the Field
Moving at the Speed of Light
Literacy is at the heart of the educational enterprise. It is therefore not surprising that researchers, teachers, parents, and policymakers are highly invested in ensuring that all children grow...
Scaffolding Success
One of the tools teachers of multilingual learners have at their disposal to move learning forward for their students is scaffolding. The term has been around a long...
Program Models over Potluck
“Come on, talk to me, so you can see what’s going on.” ~Marvin Gaye
I’ve had several conversations recently about what Language Instruction Education Program (LIEP) model yields the best results for primary and secondary...
Identifying Equitable Intervention
For multilingual learners struggling academically or with social–emotional learning, it can be difficult for educators to identify...
Multiliteracies and Multilingual Learners
Equipped with Miami Linguistic Readers, Camino de la Escuela, and my own ingenuity, my young multilingual learners and I dived into what we believed were sound biliteracy practices. These leveled reading programs developed eons...
$120 Million to Support ELL Educators
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA) recently announced awards of nearly $120 million...
I Am My Language
“I am my language. Until I can take pride in my language,...
Making Good on a Promise to Multilingual Learners
In 2016, California passed Proposition 58, which eliminated subtractive linguistic schooling policies...
Literacy in Spanish and English
Building early literacy skills is imperative for all students, especially the five million English learners (ELs) being educated...
A Superpower Hidden in Plain Sight
How can educators ensure that emerging bilingual students are well served in their schools, and how can we as educators foster linguistic diversity as an asset rather than as a problem?
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