Tag: ELs
English Learner Progress Dips during Pandemic
The latest report on how English learners (ELs) around the country coped with language development during the pandemic reveals an overall downward trend in...
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...
How to Best Support English Learners at Home
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, English learners (ELs), like many students, already faced challenges at school. How to engage and teach ELs when they’re learning...
City Schools Offer Guidance on English Learners
A new report from the Council of the Great City Schools suggests a wide range of actions that schools and districts can take to...
From Watering Down to Challenging: Breaking Down the Wall, One Essential...
DAN ALPERT: In Breaking Down the Wall, you underscore the problem of tracking English learners into lower-level courses in which “they experience a curriculum...
The Science of Reading
Does reading really matter that much now that we’re in the digital age?
Yes! In fact, in the digital age, when we encounter so...
