Tag: english learners
Be the Advocate for the Silent
English learners tend to become another silent statistic....
Supporting Early Literacy in Spanish and English
Building early literacy skills is imperative for all students, especially the five million English learners (ELs) being educated in today’s public schools.1 The mastery...
GAO Reports on Mitigating Learning Loss for English Learners
While the pandemic presented obstacles for many students during the 2020–21 school year, the federal General Accounting Office’s (GAO’s) nationwide survey of public K–12...
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...
Black History in the Community
There is no doubt that K–12 English learners (ELs)...
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...
A Life and Love of Languages
People have asked me why I recently joined the U.S. Department of Education as assistant deputy secretary in the Office of English Language Acquisition...
Making It Add Up for All
A fifth-grade teacher tells her class that a person mowed their entire lawn. She gives them the length and width of the hypothetical backyard...
