Tag: ELLs
Decoding Versus Cognitive Ability
Terrie L. Noland believes we need to understand the automaticity of executing lower-level reading processes in order to master higher-level comprehension
Automaticity is necessary in everything we do to enable...
Early Literacy Especially Important for ELLs
A new study from Oregon State University (OSU) shows that English learners are more likely to become proficient English speakers if they enter kindergarten with...
ESEA Reauthorization Does More for ELLs
The Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) has officially been released, an earlier draft of which was criticized for not providing critical protections...
America’s 350 Languages
More than 1 in 5 United States residents speak a foreign language at home and a recent chart released by the U.S. Census Bureau...
Comparison of Expulsion Rates Reveals Bias Against ELLs
A new study from the Regional Education Laboratory Northwest found that English language learners (ELLs) are suspended and expelled at a higher rate than...
Senate’s ESEA Bill Fails English Learners
The U.S. Senate has passed a reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), replacing No Child Left Behind with a new iteration...
ELLs ‘Disconnected’ from Mainstream Content
Research that explores the relationship between school-district infrastructure in new-immigrant destinations and the marginalization of English-language learners (ELLs) in those districts shows that in...
Principals Still to Integrate Common Core for ELLs
According to a survey of more than a thousand elementary and middle school principals, over 70% have not taken action to integrate the Common...
Free Online PD Program Focuses on CCSS & ELLs
"Constructive Classroom Conversations: Mastering the Language of the Common Core State Standards" is the title of the massive online open course (MOOC) which is...
New Report on Urban ELLs
The English Language Learners (ELLs) attending schools in the member districts of the Council of the Great City Schools account for nearly one-quarter of all...
