English Language Learners

Five Steps for Designing Effective ELD Lessons for Newcomers

Five Steps for Designing Effective ELD Lessons for Newcomers

K–12 Education

Newcomers encounter many changes at once: a new school community, country, and new language. Newcomer ELD instruction...

Blazing a Trail to Language Proficiency with Communicative Activities

Blazing a Trail to Language Proficiency with Communicative Activities

K–12 Education

The struggle to get kids speaking in an ELD classroom is real. Communicative activities and resources can make the job...

Using Consistent Curricular Routines to Keep Learning at the Center for Multilingual Learners

Using Consistent Curricular Routines for Multilingual Learners

ELL / ELA|Instructor Resources|K–12 Education|language Classroom|Professional Development

There are some days that students come to class feeling anxious. In particular, newcomers who are still acclimating...

Differentiating Instruction and Creating a Linguistically Inclusive Classroom

Tips and Strategies for Differentiating Instruction and Creating a Linguistically Inclusive Classroom

K–12 Education|language Classroom|Teacher's Corner (PreK–12)|Webinars

There was a time in education when the curricular mindset was “one size fits all.” That was never accurate,...

Seal of Biliteracy

The Seal of Biliteracy Marks a Milestone

ELL / ELA|K–12 Education|language Classroom|Languages and Culture

The Seal of Biliteracy is celebrating a well-deserved fifteenth anniversary this year. The seal, which recognizes...

Through the Lens of Appreciative Inquiry

Through the Lens of Appreciative Inquiry: Part Two

ELL / ELA|Instructor Resources|K–12 Education

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

ELL / ELA|Instructor Resources|K–12 Education

Introduction: Making Sure English Learners Receive the Education They Deserve I am sitting at this desk trying to find...

English Language Learners

New State Programs Boost Support for Learning Recovery and English Language Learners

ELL / ELA|K–12 Education

By Jay A. Diskey There is no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic has set back learning for students. While estimates of...

Ways-to-Support-Newcomer-ELs-in-School

Ways to Support Newcomer ELs in School

Some Multilingual/English Language Learners (ELs) may be attending a new school for the first time in the United States...