Education Week: English Language Learners

A new database offers a state-by-state look at guidance on supporting English-learner students and their families amid the global pandemic.

https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning-the-language/2020/09/english_language_learners_covid_19.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Englishlanguagelearners

Por Nuestros Niños, an education-focused Spanish-language radio show and podcast, could help families navigate an uncertain return to school.

https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning-the-language/2020/08/spanish_podcast_education_schools.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Englishlanguagelearners

A new report urges districts to pay close attention to how they choose and use technology for students who are not yet fluent in English.

https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning-the-language/2020/08/schools_english_learners_coronavirus_covid.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Englishlanguagelearners

Native-language assessments may more fully reflect what English-language learners know and can do academically after months away from school. But not all states offer them.

https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning-the-language/2020/06/learning_loss_english_learners_native_language_assessments.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Englishlanguagelearners

With schools unable to conduct in-person evaluations, schools must find new ways to determine if students need English-language-learner support services.

https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning-the-language/2020/05/a_new_concern_for_english-learner_teachers.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Englishlanguagelearners

New sheets outlines how districts can support English-learner students, but concedes that "schools may not be able to provide all services in the same manner they are typically provided."

https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2020/05/english_learners_and_distance_learning_covid_19.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Englishlanguagelearners

The selection of Lorena Orozco McElwain as director of the office of English language acquisition shakes up a long-standing tradition.

https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2020/05/devos_appoints_new_english_learner_director.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Englishlanguagelearners

In five northern U.S. states, black students comprise more than a fifth of ELL enrollment.

https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning-the-language/2020/04/black_english-learner_enrollment.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Englishlanguagelearners

The number of English-learner students in U.S. schools has increased 28 percent since 2000; 43 of 50 states have experienced an uptick in enrollment, federal data indicate.

https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning-the-language/2020/02/english_learner_enrollment_increases.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Englishlanguagelearners

Rooting out teacher bias and focusing on family engagement are some of the steps schools can take to identify more English-language learners for gifted and talented education.

https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning-the-language/2020/02/six_steps_schools_to_identify_gifted_english_learners.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Englishlanguagelearners

Few teachers reported assigning English-learners to use digital learning resources outside of class, in part because of concerns about students' lack of access to technology at home, finds a U.S....

https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning-the-language/2020/01/teaching_technology_and_english_learners.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Englishlanguagelearners

Mandarin Chinese, French, German, and Vietnamese are also among five most-offered types of dual-language programs, a new federal report shows.

https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning-the-language/2020/01/spanish_remains_popular_for_dual_language_programs.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Englishlanguagelearners

Education Week's top English-language learner stories on 2019 explored who's teaching the nation's English-learners and the struggles those educators encounter on the job, how the Trump administr...

https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning-the-language/2019/12/english_learners_bilingualism_immigration_and_bias.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Englishlanguagelearners

José Viana led the office of English-language acquisition since April 2017. The Education Department has not announced a successor.

https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning-the-language/2019/12/federal_ell_official_leaves_for_rosetta_stone_job.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Englishlanguagelearners

English-language-learner families are less likely to attend parent-teacher conferences and other school-related events, which means they miss out on important opportunities to communicate about t...

https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning-the-language/2019/11/5_ideas_to_help_schools_connect_with_english_learner_families.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Englishlanguagelearners

"I will forever be grateful for the opportunity and privilege I have been given to serve my country and its learners," Viana wrote in an email to supporters this week.

https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning-the-language/2019/11/head_of_federal_ell_office_to_resign.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Englishlanguagelearners

New research suggests that English-language-learner classification has a "direct and negative effect on teachers' perceptions of students' academic skills."

https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning-the-language/2019/07/bias_teachers_english_learners.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Englishlanguagelearners

High school teacher Kateryna Haggerty explains how visual aids in her classroom help her English-language learner students write more confidently.

https://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/inspired_instruction/2018/09/walls-that-talk-write-independently.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Englishlanguagelearners

This high school teacher uses graphic organizers to help English language learners with limited or interrupted formal education develop fluency.

https://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/inspired_instruction/2018/09/graphic_organizers_support_developing_literacy.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Englishlanguagelearners

This elementary school teacher shows how she uses sentence starters and descriptive charts in a lesson about differentiating fact from opinion.

https://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/inspired_instruction/2018/06/kindergartners_use_academic_language.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Englishlanguagelearners