During the summer, I am sharing thematic posts bringing together responses on similar topics from the past 11 years. You can see all those collections from the first 10 years here. Today’s theme is ...
WORTHINGTON, Minn. — Fresh out of college and in need of a job, Kourtney Leuthold really wanted to teach second-graders, but agreed to teach English learners at Worthington Middle School because that ...
Punjabi students are pictured here in August during a Whiteland High School Punjabi class. The growing Punjabi population is driving much of the demand for English Language Learner classes at the ...
We talked with Kaukauna literacy coordinator Kelly Pitzen this week. We asked about her work and life, including her ...
As a curriculum and learning specialist at an elementary school in Verona, Wisconsin, l have the opportunity to work with amazing educators and students of all cultures; as a prior bilingual resource ...
PROVIDENCE — Providence elementary teachers said they were dismayed when they were notified Friday that they had to enroll in a program to teach English language learners or else risk being moved to ...
A new program wants to help Indiana teachers get licensed to teach the state’s growing population of English language learners. The Indiana Teacher of English Language Learners, or I-TELL, program ...
The teacher, who is Latina herself and requested anonymity out of fear for her own safety, has been teaching ESL students at CMS for more than a decade. Never has she seen them so fearful about what ...
The number of non-English speaking students in Springfield City Schools has more than quadrupled — up 350 percent in four years — including hundreds of Haitian immigrants, prompting the district to ...
Grading can be one of the banes of a teacher’s existence. An added complication can be when an English-language learner is in a “mainstream” content-subject class—what are the best ways a teacher can ...