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Content Area Writing and Multilingual Learners

Content Area Writing and Multilingual Learners – Moving Towards an Asset Model

  Writing as an academic process is both a complex and multifaceted endeavor. It involves having the writer...
Strategies for Newcomers and SLIFE Students

Strategies for Newcomers and SLIFE Students

All across the United States, students who are limited in English proficiency are entering school. Some are immigrants...
It’s Back to School Time—Again!

It’s Back to School Time—Again!

The holiday season has come and gone, and winter break is over. After being off from school for the holiday break,...
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

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...
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...