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Congress Boosts Funding for English Learners Program

Congress Boosts Funding for English Learners Program

Over the past four fiscal years, federal education budgets have increased funding for English learner programs. This...
Empowering SLIFE Students in Your Classroom

Empowering SLIFE Students in Your Classroom

Many schools around the country are seeing a dramatic increase in students with limited or interrupted formal education...
Ho-Ho-Holiday Traditions in the US

Ho-Ho-Holiday Traditions in the US

The United States is a diverse nation that embraces different languages and cultures. Cultures from around the world...
Through the Lens of Appreciative Inquiry

Principles

Click here to listen to the The Learning Imperative Podcast Series All families have principles. Whether or not the...
Through the Lens of Appreciative Inquiry

Through the Lens of Appreciative Inquiry: Part Two

Welcome back! We’re here again together, considering the challenges to and solutions for ensuring that EL children...
Through the Lens of Appreciative Inquiry

Through the Lens of Appreciative Inquiry: Part One

Introduction: Making Sure English Learners Receive the Education They Deserve I am sitting at this desk trying to find...
NAEP Results Confirm Learning Losses—Especially Among ELs & Other Vulnerable Students

NAEP Results Confirm Learning Losses—Especially Among ELs & Other Vulnerable Students

From the start of the nation’s COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, there has been little doubt that it would have a deep...
Preventing the Achievement Gap Among EnglishMultilingual Learners and Striving Readers

Preventing the Achievement Gap Among English/Multilingual Learners and Striving Readers

All students learn in different ways and at different paces. Sometimes factors beyond one’s control, such as...
Secret Teaching Closing the Literacy Achievement Gap in Discreet Ways

Secret Teaching: Closing the Literacy Achievement Gap in Discreet Ways

In most classrooms today, students enter with varying levels of knowledge and academic abilities. While some may be...
The Importance of L1 Literacy Development in Supporting Multilingual Learners

The Importance of L1 Literacy Development in Supporting Multilingual Learners

When working with multilingual learners, many educators understandably focus on development of the new language, often...