English-Language Learners

The latest news about English-language learners, including articles, Commentaries, and special features.

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—Sandy Huffaker for Education Week

Evaluating ELLs for Special Needs a Challenge

The difficulty of disentangling disabilities and language problems has spurred a new federal study that will explore how districts identify English-learners for special education. (August 28, 2012)

Spotlight on Common Core for ELLs

See how schools are making the standards accessible to ELLs and see how teachers are preparing for instruction and assessment challenges.

Spotlight on ELLs in the Classroom

This Spotlight focuses on ways to meet English-Language Learners’ needs, including teacher professional development, early detection of dropouts, and what the new common-core standards mean for ELL students.

Issue Backgrounder

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Learning the Language Blog

07/31 10:55 am | Watch: English-Learners and Common Core in the Classroom | The bilingual website Colorín Colorado features full lesson plans created for ELLs and videos of teachers using them in the classroom.

On-Demand Webinar

Improving Literacy for English-Language Learners
Our guests discussed the research on the most effective approaches to improving literacy for ELLs and how school districts can implement common core for such students.

Chat Transcript

Supporting English-Language Learners With Technology
Our guests in this online chat discuss the technology tools designed to support English-language learners in school, as well as the resources available for teachers.

Special Collections

Quality Counts 2009
This report looks at how the sweeping shift in demographic patterns has strained the capacity of school districts to develop and pay for instructional programs to teach children who are still learning English.

Perspectives on a Population
This exclusive 2009 report offers the most comprehensive, data-driven examination to date of ELL students and youths in the United States.

PD Directory

The Professional Development Directory features courses and resources for teachers on:
English-Language Learners

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October 30, 2012 - Education Week
New guidelines advise states on the language skills English-learners will need to handle the tougher academic content.
October 9, 2012 - Education Week
Communicating with parents is proving to be a big challenge for districts facing immigrant influxes for the first time.
October 2, 2012 - Education Week
Early-childhood educators say the test focuses too much on academics and too little on social and emotional skills.
September 25, 2012 - Education Week
ELL teachers Larry Ferlazzo and Katie Hull Sypnieski offer examples of games that work well in the ELL classroom and can be adapted for all English-ability levels.
September 25, 2012 - Teacher
Games can help create meaningful and low-anxiety opportunities for English-language learners to develop fluency, say Larry Ferlazzo and Katie Hull Sypnieski.
September 19, 2012 - Teacher
A bill on Gov. Jerry Brown's desk would make California the first state to break out data on long-term English-learners.
September 18, 2012 - Education Week
The difficulty of disentangling disabilities and language problems has spurred a new federal study that will explore how districts identify English-learners for special education.
August 28, 2012 - Education Week
Latino school leaders make a case for stepping up attention on educational outcomes for Hispanic students.
August 21, 2012 - Education Week
Officials are balking at penalizing states for excluding high percentages of those students from the exams.
August 21, 2012 - Education Week

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