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Survey Demands More PD for EL Educators
According to the results of the 2017 EL Education Report, a new survey conducted by McGraw-Hill Education, 99% of respondents believe professional development for...
California Sued for Literacy Failure
Yesterday, a group of students, parents, and the advocacy organizations CADRE and Fathers & Families of San Joaquin, represented by Public Counsel and Morrison...
Massachusetts Restores Bilingual Education
Massachusetts’ Republican Governor Charlie Baker has signed the LOOK Bill into law which will allow the state’s schools to offer bilingual and dual-language education....
Florida’s ESSA Plan ‘Impedes Progress of ELLs’
The Florida Department of Education’s implementation plan for the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) has been roundly criticized as it relates to English learner...
Accenting Improvements
Lois Spitzer examines the sensitive subject of accent modification
As educational institutions expand their recruiting horizons and employ more staff from other countries, the extent...
Gates Highlights English Learners
During a speech last month at a meeting of the Council of Great City Schools in Cleveland, Ohio, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates outlined a...
Nationwide Disparities in Support for Young ELLs
According to a new report from the Migration Policy Institute (MPI), the support...
Study Tracks Progress of English Learners
A recent study out of Philadelphia tracked kindergartners who were learning English and found that four years later almost 60% had achieved proficiency, but more...
Dual Language Learners Lacking in Preschool
The Migration Policy Institute and the National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy have released a new report on the young Dual Language Learner (DLL)...
Transferring Language
Ana Albir describes the development of a digital tool to help English learners in both mainstream and ESL classes
One of the most common arrangements...
Literacy Starts in the Library
Literacy is the foundation of everything we do for our learners. Reading is a...
Breaking the Comprehension Barrier
Felicia Rateliff and Brian Pitts report on the technology a Texas school district...
