Look who’s talking—Classroom Robotics Continue to Flourish
Who: Brittney Tarr is a PreK-6 STEM Specialist at Thomas Metcalf Laboratory School and a doctoral student at Illinois State ... Read more
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Lexia Learning Wins Gold Stevie Award in 2021 American Business Awards
BOSTON (May 13, 2021) – Rosetta Stone® English from Lexia Learning, a Cambium Learning® Group company, was named the winner ... Read more
5 ways to integrate ELL instruction into teaching and learning
Here are five ways you can integrate ELL instruction into teaching and learning. These simple strategies will help all the students in your class feel included and able…
Rosetta Stone Announces Winners of the Emergent Bilingual Educators of the Year Award Program
Rosetta Stone Inc. announced the 10 winners in its first Emergent Bilingual Educators of the Year award program. A total ... Read more
Pocketalk Donates Devices To ELL Teachers Through First-Ever Back To School Program
Pocketalk, the global leader in connecting conversations and removing language barriers, today announced the donation of 100 devices to educators ... Read more
How we found budget for student programs in our printers
Demographics Hatboro-Horsham School District, located in suburban Philadelphia, has a strong history of academic excellence. Serving approximately 5,000 students, the ... Read more
6 ways to connect with ELL parents
There’s no secret formula for parent engagement. And when English isn’t their first language, the obstacles seem more daunting. Connecting with ELL parents can help educators better support…
How we turned around our English language learner (ELL) program
West Broward High School, located in Pembroke Pines, Fla., serves more than 2,000 students in grades nine through 12.
Survey shows SEL is critical for K-12 English learners
Most teachers of English learners say their students have lots of academic potential, but social and emotional obstacles could potentially stall these students' progress, according to the English…
Language barriers still impede home-school communication
Just a little more than half (55 percent) of teachers in a recent survey say their schools translate parent correspondence into other languages, despite federal data showing that…
Science for all: How to reach English learners
Nationally, English learners (ELs) make up nearly 10 percent of PK-12 classrooms and almost 15 percent of urban classrooms, and these numbers are on the rise. Many supports…
Teachers: English learners need resources, support
Most K-12 educators (80 percent) said they believe English Language Learner (ELL) instruction is a top priority for their school or district, according to a new survey. Ninety-nine…
AR for ELL: ‘I had students screaming and jumping up and down’
Almost 10 percent of students in US public schools are English language learners (ELLs), and that percentage is growing every year. One of the biggest challenges today’s teachers…
Technology teacher: These are “My Tech Essentials”
By using tech tools, teachers actively create, customize and enhance educational approaches to meet the new and growing challenges of the 21st century. The tech tools offer a…
Digital e-Learning program allows innovative district to open the world to students
Boone County School District is offering digital world language learning to 10,500 students—half of its student population. With help from Rosetta Stone’s language learning solutions, Boone County Schools…
School system makes world languages available to military and ELL families through digital access program
Tennessee’s Clarksville-Montgomery County School System (CMCSS) is on a mission to bring language learning resources to its diverse community and student body of more than 33,500. As CMCSS…
8 of the best apps and resources for English language learners
One veteran ELL teacher shares her vetted and apps, tools, and websites for English language learners, along with her tips for finding the best resources out there.
These are the 5 most in-demand K-12 languages
Foreign language skills are increasingly important for students to have as they enter college or the workforce, and technology-based programs have made learning new languages easier for students.…
ELL Pedagogical Approach
A whitepaper from Middlebury Interactive’s Chief Academic Officer on the pedagogical approach to developing supplemental ELL curriculum modules.
Ending the ELL Fire Drill
Watch this recorded webinar on how technology and proven language pedagogy prepare students for success.
Need a New Curriculum Solution to Engage Your ELL?
Learn about Middlebury Interactive’s new ELL curriculum, aligning to Common Core and WIDA standards.
Building a Better Future for English Language Learners
How Hartford Public Schools and Middlebury Interactive Languages are partnering to close the ELL achievement gap.
Video: New! ELL Curriculum Overview
Watch how this new ELL curriculum is designed to help schools and districts improve learning outcomes for non-native English speakers.
Pearson unveils tablet ELL assessment system
A new tablet-based assessment developed by Pearson will specifically target English Language Learners (ELLs) in order to help them build English language skills and succeed on summative assessments.…
Six ed-tech resources for ELL/ESL instruction
From award-winning software, to a teacher-created program that needs peer input, our readers offered some useful ways in which technology can help English-language learners and those for whom…
What schools can learn from charters about teaching English language learners
As charter schools become testing grounds for innovative approaches to education, many of these schools with high English language learner (ELL) and Latino enrollments are identifying best practices…