Teachers can structure supports to guide English learners to speak and write using grade-level, discipline-specific language.
Students are identified as English-language learners, in theory, to prevent educational inequity, but that classification may present another problem for children: teacher bias. Research from Ilana ...
Thinking back to her days as a bilingual teacher to fourth graders, Crystal Gonzales recalls that some of the suggestions offered by curriculum materials to adapt lessons for English learners were ...
In a new report called The State of English Learners in California Public Schools, the nonprofit organization Californians Together found that many indicators of academic achievement for English ...
Public schools in Bartholomew County and the surrounding area have seen a 21% increase in English learner students over the past three school years, continuing a nearly two-decade trend in which that ...
Among the most pervasive and long-standing complaints from teachers of English-language learners is the dearth of high-quality instructional materials for addressing students’ language and academic ...
When Abdul Zaman's family resettled in Erie in January 2022 after Kabul, Afghanistan, fell to the Taliban, he said his children weren't afraid of their new surroundings. "They were excited when they ...
English learners need foundational skills like phonics and vocabulary in addition to instruction in speaking and understanding English and connections to their home languages. Those are two agreements ...
Children read in a Spanish-immersion classroom at Escondido Elementary School in Palo Alto, California, March 2006. (AP Photo / Marcio Jose Sanchez) By signing up, you confirm that you are over the ...
Marisa DeSerio, who teaches English-language learners at Pulaski Street Intermediate School in Riverhead, makes changes to her lessons every year. In the past two years, though, she’s tinkered even ...
International students with a passion for art, design, or architecture can refine their English language proficiency while developing a competitive portfolio through Pratt Institute’s PreCollege ELL ...