Tag: multilingual learners
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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Instructional Audio Solutions for All Students and Educators
Lightspeed, a provider of powerful instructional audio solutions, has released research showing that instructional audio solutions benefit all student groups and educators beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. With mask mandates and social distancing in place...
Creating Welcoming Classrooms
Supporting social and emotional learning (SEL) in schools is essential for the growth and success of all students, and this is especially true for multilingual learners (MLLs). MLLs face unique challenges that make social...
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 school with an ESL program teeming with diverse students—an English...