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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November 29, 2010 - Education Week
Educators in Chicago are gearing up to provide bilingual instruction to preschoolers—as Illinois becomes the first state to mandate such instruction.
November 29, 2010 - Education Week
'It behooves us to prepare all teachers to work with ELLs,' says Rosalinda Barrera, the new head of English-language acquisition programs for the federal education department.
November 12, 2010 - Education Week
An evaluation Austin conducted of the first two years of the program for regular classroom teachers finds it "moderately effective."
November 10, 2010 - Education Week
An emerging body of research dispels old myths about language learning and makes a case for multilingualism.
October 22, 2010 - Education Week
The school system has agreed to take steps to make up for having violated the civil rights to thousands of students needing English instruction.
October 1, 2010 - Education Week
Federal officials promise to do better when they provide technical assistance to states.
September 27, 2010 - Education Week
The ruling comes as a hearing opens in a closely watched legal battle over the state's ELL programs.
September 13, 2010 - Education Week
The case opens as federal officials, in a separate ruling, determine that state ELL practices violate federal civil rights law.
September 2, 2010 - Education Week
While it's unclear whether charters are underserving English-language learners, a new report says those schools should do more to recruit and meet the needs of those students.
September 1, 2010 - Education Week

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