ELL News Headlines

Schools can look to tribal organizations and nonprofits representing Indigenous people for resources to improve curricula.

Sarah Said, an English teacher working with English learners at an alternative high school near Chicago, has seen translation apps evolve over time. Enough input from users and linguists have made Google Translate a much more useful tool than it might have been a few years back. Lately, her English learners at Dream Academy in Elgin, Ill., have demonstrated a knack for using and finding a variety of generative artificial intelligence tools and translation apps, prompting Said to learn more about this technology and guide her students in responsible and ethical uses. With more than 20 years of experience working with English learners, Said encourages other teachers to familiarize themselves with new AI tools. She presented on this topic virtually at the annual WIDA conference in mid-October and spoke with Education Week about how teachers working with English learners should approach AI tools in class.

In this blog post, Jolene Gutiérrez, a veteran teacher librarian, interviews Duncan Tonatiuh.

After weeks of being shut down in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, public schools in Asheville, North Carolina, are reopening.

On a sunny Friday morning in San José, students and teachers at Alpha: José Hernández School stream into their cafeteria. With smiles everywhere, the excitement is palpable: Students are about to meet the person that their school — a TK–8 public charter school in the city’s Eastside — is named for. A few minutes later, wearing his blue NASA uniform, astronaut and engineer José Hernández walks in — immediately greeted by cheers. He walks over to a lunch table with students from all different grades.

Despite the majority of Hispanic students viewing college as a pathway to a well-paying job and support for their families, a new survey from UnidosUS finds most of them face significant barriers to graduating. In fact, two-thirds of the students surveyed said they considered leaving college at some point.

Tracking the weather and tapping into a child’s natural curiosity are ways to build young learners’ understanding of data, math instruction experts say.

Many of our students come to school experiencing many challenges—and bring their feelings about them to our classes. Today’s post is the first in a series in which teachers share stories about how they supported one of their students to turn around some of those challenges.

Emotional well-being plays a major role in teachers’ job satisfaction, and it’s essential that they have effective resources for support.

One Manhattan neighborhood that’s recently welcomed more migrant students is reeling from a loss of funding for after-school programs. While the state awarded nearly $39 million in grants to 74 New York City organizations that provide free or low-cost after-school programs in high needs areas, a program called Fresh Youth Initiatives in Washington Heights lost out.