What can educators do to make English language learners (ELLs) and immigrant students feel welcome within the school community? Here are some of our most popular resources on the topic, along with related resources.
Supporting immigrant students’ social emotional health
Dr. Karen Woodson describes some steps she took as a school leader to build a more robust support network for immigrant students, including unaccompanied youth from Central America.
In your work with English language learners (ELLs), you may meet students who have unique social, emotional, and academic needs based on their prior experiences.
Emily Francis’ If You Only Knew tells her story — from her childhood in Guatemala, where she worked in her mother’s fruit-selling business and helped raise her four younger siblings, through her journey into the United States as an undoc
In 2007, Los Angeles Times reporter Sonia Nazario published Enrique's Journey, a book based on her Pulitzer-Prize winning reports about a teenage boy's harrowing trip north to the U.S.
Emily Francis' memoir tells her story through a series of letters she writes to eight immigrant students in whom she sees pieces of herself.
Roger Rosenthal: Special Populations
Attorney Roger C. Rosenthal is the Executive Director of the Migrant Legal Action Program (MLAP), a national non-profit support and advocacy center located in Washington, D.C.
In recent years, many schools have seen numbers of English language learners increase dramatically. In addition, new waves of refugees, the arrival of unaccompanied youth from Central America, and changes in the laws that impact undocumented students
This resource collection offers ELL educators many materials to use in preparation for the 2021-22 school year.