English Language Learners
Editor’s Note
Significant demographic shifts in the U.S. population have sent school districts in nearly every state in search of effective approaches to educating English language learners. The articles on this page discuss research-based strategies schools are using to meet the needs of English language learners – whether through innovative teaching strategies, adapted assessments, or stronger school-family relationships.—N.W.
Educating Teenage Immigrants
High schools experiment with ways to group new English-language learners
As the nation debates immigration policy, educators in communities across the country are seeking ways to meet the needs of a rapidly changing school-age population. Students born abroad or to immigrant parents now make up the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. student population. Continue
“The Language Game of Math”
Approach draws on language arts methods to help English-language learners solve math problems
In September 2003, nine-year-old Marisol Rivera hesitantly entered Mary Wright's third-grade classroom at Sullivan Elementary School in Holyoke, Massachusetts. Continue
The Power of Family Conversation
School and community programs help parents build children's literacy from birth
School matters, but literacy starts at home. Teachers armed with reading contracts and carefully worded missives have long urged parents to read aloud to their children. But now there is a second and perhaps more powerful message: Talk to your kids, too. Continue
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