In this post, we want to share updates on the new education law, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA,) and responses from educational organizations regarding implications for ELLs.
This report from Education Northwest outlines 14 key principles that will help guide classroom and content-area teachers in their planning for ELL instruction and provides instructional implications for each principle. While it was originally written
This is the third report in a series entitled Lessons Learned: New Teachers Talk About Their Jobs, Challenges, and Long-Range Plans, published by the National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality and Public Agenda.
Strategies for Engaging Immigrant and Refugee Families
This guide from the Education Development Center shares examples of school systems around the country that have effectively engaged immigrant and refugee families to improve their health and educational experience.
We are excited to share Diane Staehr Fenner's new outstanding article from Educational Leadership, outlining three practical strategies for ELL assessment.
Meg Medina is an award-winning Cuban American author who writes picture books, middle grade, and YA fiction.
Part I: Childhood memories
Meg Medina talks about her childhood in Queens, the relatives from Cuba who loomed large in her life, and learning to read in Spanish.
See the complete interview in our Meet the Authors section.
Part II: Writing for and about girls
Meg recalls coming of age during the 1970s and an art teacher who had her students stage a school assembly dance to "I Am Woman" by Helen Reddy.
Part III: We Need Diverse Books
Meg Medina explains how the We Need Diverse Books campaign got its start and why diversity in books for children and young adults - and resisting stereotypes - matters.