/bilingual-education Bilingual Education en-US 2021 (c) °ÄÃÅÅܹ·ÂÛ̳ Tue, 15 Oct 2024 11:02:18 GMT /teaching-learning/opinion-teachers-have-to-endure-plenty-of-short-sighted-mandates-here-are-3-of-them/2024/10 There’s so much bad advice about teaching that it can be hard to choose the worst. These teachers tried anyway. Tue, 15 Oct 2024 11:02:18 GMT /teaching-learning/opinion-teachers-have-to-endure-plenty-of-short-sighted-mandates-here-are-3-of-them/2024/10 /teaching-learning/opinion-research-studies-that-teachers-can-get-behind/2024/09 Not every education study is transformational for student learning. These studies are. Mon, 23 Sep 2024 08:25:00 GMT /teaching-learning/opinion-research-studies-that-teachers-can-get-behind/2024/09 /teaching-learning/students-nationwide-can-earn-a-seal-of-biliteracy-how-it-can-be-more-accessible/2024/06 All 50 states and the District of Columbia have passed legislation to formalize a seal that celebrates students' bilingualism. Thu, 27 Jun 2024 19:56:32 GMT /teaching-learning/students-nationwide-can-earn-a-seal-of-biliteracy-how-it-can-be-more-accessible/2024/06 /teaching-learning/how-parents-feel-about-bilingual-schools-and-english-only-programs/2024/06 A majority of parents would prefer to enroll their children in bilingual education programs. Fri, 21 Jun 2024 20:04:24 GMT /teaching-learning/how-parents-feel-about-bilingual-schools-and-english-only-programs/2024/06 /teaching-learning/video-translanguaging-is-what-bilinguals-and-multilinguals-do-a-primer-for-teachers/2024/05 What is translanguaging? Here is a guide to the practice, as well as examples for incorporating it in the classroom. Tue, 28 May 2024 19:28:04 GMT /teaching-learning/video-translanguaging-is-what-bilinguals-and-multilinguals-do-a-primer-for-teachers/2024/05 /teaching-learning/a-unique-challenge-what-english-learners-with-disabilities-need/2024/05 From language barriers to bilingual education program lockouts, dual-identified students face unique challenges researchers say. Mon, 13 May 2024 04:01:00 GMT /teaching-learning/a-unique-challenge-what-english-learners-with-disabilities-need/2024/05 /teaching-learning/how-a-1974-u-s-supreme-court-case-still-influences-english-learner-education/2024/01 Fifty years ago Lau v. Nichols required schools to provide language support to English learners to ensure access to public education. Fri, 19 Jan 2024 21:20:50 GMT /teaching-learning/how-a-1974-u-s-supreme-court-case-still-influences-english-learner-education/2024/01 /teaching-learning/the-challenge-of-growing-dual-language-programs-in-charts/2023/09 As the English learner population grows nationwide, researchers and education leaders are grappling with how best to serve these students. Fri, 29 Sep 2023 18:46:39 GMT /teaching-learning/the-challenge-of-growing-dual-language-programs-in-charts/2023/09 /teaching-learning/opinion-celebrate-bilingualism-and-multicultural-identities-at-school/2023/08 Students should be encouraged to maintain their native languages, writes an educator. Tue, 22 Aug 2023 16:00:00 GMT /teaching-learning/opinion-celebrate-bilingualism-and-multicultural-identities-at-school/2023/08 /teaching-learning/biliteracy-seals-recognize-multilingualism-but-schools-can-do-more/2023/06 Almost all states now offer some form of distinction on diplomas for proficiency in English and additional languages. Fri, 30 Jun 2023 20:13:57 GMT /teaching-learning/biliteracy-seals-recognize-multilingualism-but-schools-can-do-more/2023/06 /teaching-learning/earning-seals-of-biliteracy-are-beneficial-to-students-heres-what-the-research-shows/2023/06 There's emerging evidence that seals of biliteracy benefit students, but more empirical data is needed. Fri, 30 Jun 2023 20:13:50 GMT /teaching-learning/earning-seals-of-biliteracy-are-beneficial-to-students-heres-what-the-research-shows/2023/06 /teaching-learning/teaching-students-to-be-media-literate-in-two-languages/2023/06 A former television reporter helps students learn to process news critically in both Spanish and English. Wed, 07 Jun 2023 20:44:05 GMT /teaching-learning/teaching-students-to-be-media-literate-in-two-languages/2023/06 /leaders/teaching-learning/photos-when-support-starts-at-the-district-office/2023/02 EdWeek photographer Natashia Johnson reflects on her day with Natalie Griffin, a 2023 Leaders To Learn From honoree. Mon, 06 Feb 2023 05:01:18 GMT /leaders/teaching-learning/photos-when-support-starts-at-the-district-office/2023/02 /leaders/2023/she-defied-expectations-as-a-pregnant-teen-now-shes-helping-english-learners-do-the-same Natalie Griffin found bilingual educators for a district with a long-neglected English-learner population. Mon, 06 Feb 2023 05:01:05 GMT /leaders/2023/she-defied-expectations-as-a-pregnant-teen-now-shes-helping-english-learners-do-the-same /teaching-learning/video-teachers-try-this-incorporate-students-home-languages-into-your-classrooms/2022/12 One Texas teacher utilizes her ELL students’ home languages to build community. Thu, 15 Dec 2022 21:20:26 GMT /teaching-learning/video-teachers-try-this-incorporate-students-home-languages-into-your-classrooms/2022/12 /teaching-learning/immigrant-teachers-memoir-sheds-light-on-what-english-learners-need/2022/10 Emily Francis came to the United States at 15. Now an English-as-a-second-language teacher, she shares advice in her new book. Tue, 25 Oct 2022 20:05:05 GMT /teaching-learning/immigrant-teachers-memoir-sheds-light-on-what-english-learners-need/2022/10 /teaching-learning/answering-a-districts-call-for-bilingual-teachers-a-mother-and-daughter-leave-puerto-rico-for-virginia/2022/10 Lesliean Luna and Gabriela Muriente answer a school district's call for their language skills and teaching expertise. Fri, 21 Oct 2022 19:20:31 GMT /teaching-learning/answering-a-districts-call-for-bilingual-teachers-a-mother-and-daughter-leave-puerto-rico-for-virginia/2022/10 /leadership/opinion-principals-supporting-your-teachers-doesnt-have-to-be-such-hard-work/2022/05 Principals can show teachers they care by something as simple as a visit to their classrooms or a pat on the back. Tue, 24 May 2022 10:54:54 GMT /leadership/opinion-principals-supporting-your-teachers-doesnt-have-to-be-such-hard-work/2022/05 /teaching-learning/opinion-crystal-ball-predictions-what-will-education-for-ell-students-look-like-in-10-years/2022/05 In the next decade, schools just might appreciate English-learners for whom they are and the language skills they possess. Tue, 17 May 2022 11:08:00 GMT /teaching-learning/opinion-crystal-ball-predictions-what-will-education-for-ell-students-look-like-in-10-years/2022/05 /teaching-learning/spanish-speaking-students-need-support-a-new-podcast-may-help/2020/08 Por Nuestros Niños, an education-focused Spanish-language radio show and podcast, could help families navigate an uncertain return to school. Mon, 31 Aug 2020 22:15:29 GMT /teaching-learning/spanish-speaking-students-need-support-a-new-podcast-may-help/2020/08 /teaching-learning/how-will-schools-measure-english-learners-covid-slide-learning-loss/2020/06 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. Wed, 17 Jun 2020 17:35:12 GMT /teaching-learning/how-will-schools-measure-english-learners-covid-slide-learning-loss/2020/06 /policy-politics/more-funds-needed-for-english-learners-during-coronavirus-crisis-advocates-tell-congress/2020/04 More than 40 organizations have signed on to a letter to Congress, requesting $1 billion in aid to help districts and states meet the needs of the nation's nearly 5 million English-learners. Tue, 21 Apr 2020 17:20:37 GMT /policy-politics/more-funds-needed-for-english-learners-during-coronavirus-crisis-advocates-tell-congress/2020/04 /teaching-learning/english-learners-may-be-left-behind-as-remote-learning-becomes-new-normal/2020/03 English-learners often lack access to technology at home, experts and educators say, and their teachers are less likely to assign them to use digital learning resources outside of class. Tue, 17 Mar 2020 20:30:22 GMT /teaching-learning/english-learners-may-be-left-behind-as-remote-learning-becomes-new-normal/2020/03 /teaching-learning/the-invisible-burden-some-bilingual-teachers-face/2020/02 The extra work that many dual-language bilingual educators take on "too often goes unrecognized and is never remunerated," a new small-scale study concludes. Fri, 07 Feb 2020 20:30:40 GMT /teaching-learning/the-invisible-burden-some-bilingual-teachers-face/2020/02 /teaching-learning/u-s-schools-see-surge-in-number-of-arabic-and-chinese-speaking-english-learners/2020/01 While Spanish remains the most commonly spoken English-learner language by far, the numbers for speakers of Arabic and Chinese have grown dramatically over the past decade, federal data show. Tue, 07 Jan 2020 17:50:36 GMT /teaching-learning/u-s-schools-see-surge-in-number-of-arabic-and-chinese-speaking-english-learners/2020/01 /teaching-learning/on-bilingualism-bias-and-immigration-our-top-english-learner-stories-of-2019/2019/12 °ÄÃÅÅܹ·ÂÛ̳'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 administration's immigration policies affected students and their families and examined why more schools in the United States are embracing bilingualism. Tue, 31 Dec 2019 15:10:32 GMT /teaching-learning/on-bilingualism-bias-and-immigration-our-top-english-learner-stories-of-2019/2019/12