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Look who’s talking—Classroom Robotics Continue to Flourish

January 10, 2025 by Kevin Hogan
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

May 13, 2021 by ESchool News Staff
Remote STEM instruction that's both engaging and impactful is possible--with a little determination and creativity
BOSTON (May 13, 2021) – Rosetta Stone® English from Lexia Learning, a Cambium Learning® Group company, was named the winner ... Read more
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5 ways to integrate ELL instruction into teaching and learning

March 16, 2021March 16, 2021 by Lisette Venegas, Curriculum and Learning Specialist and Instructional Coach, Country View Elementary
These simple and useful strategies help ELL students--and all students--feel engaged and included as they learn side-by-side
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…
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Rosetta Stone Announces Winners of the Emergent Bilingual Educators of the Year Award Program

November 2, 2020 by ESchool News Staff
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Rosetta Stone Inc. announced the 10 winners in its first Emergent Bilingual Educators of the Year award program. A total ... Read more
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Pocketalk Donates Devices To ELL Teachers Through First-Ever Back To School Program

September 10, 2020 by ESchool News Staff
Pocketalk, the global leader in connecting conversations and removing language barriers, today announced the donation of 100 devices to educators ... Read more
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How we found budget for student programs in our printers

October 2, 2019October 2, 2019 by Bob Reichert
A printer printing money illustrates the concept of how printing processes can be amended to find funding for student programs.
Demographics Hatboro-Horsham School District, located in suburban Philadelphia, has a strong history of academic excellence. Serving approximately 5,000 students, the ... Read more
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6 ways to connect with ELL parents

May 23, 2019May 23, 2019 by Stacey Pusey
Six strategies can help educators better communicate 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…
District Management

How we turned around our English language learner (ELL) program

April 16, 2019 by Brad Fatout
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West Broward High School, located in Pembroke Pines, Fla., serves more than 2,000 students in grades nine through 12.
District Management

Survey shows SEL is critical for K-12 English learners

March 1, 2019 by Laura Ascione
A group of students, including K-12 English learners, walk hand-in-hand with their teacher.
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…
District Management

Language barriers still impede home-school communication

January 16, 2019 by Laura Ascione
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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…
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Science for all: How to reach English learners

August 23, 2018 by Jeanne Carey Ingle, Ph.D. & Heather Pacheco-Guffrey, Ph.D.
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…
District Management

Teachers: English learners need resources, support

May 6, 2019January 12, 2018 by Laura Ascione
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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…
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AR for ELL: ‘I had students screaming and jumping up and down’

October 13, 2017October 9, 2017 by By Hugo E. Gomez and Lisa Dunnigan
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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…
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Technology teacher: These are “My Tech Essentials”

August 14, 2017August 11, 2017 by Timothy Fung
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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…
News

Digital e-Learning program allows innovative district to open the world to students

November 28, 2016 by Abi Mandelbaum
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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…
Curriculum

School system makes world languages available to military and ELL families through digital access program

November 16, 2016 by Abi Mandelbaum
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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…
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8 of the best apps and resources for English language learners

July 18, 2016 by Lisa Rodriguez
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.
News

These are the 5 most in-demand K-12 languages

January 25, 2016January 25, 2016 by Laura Ascione
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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.…
Teaching Trends

ELL Pedagogical Approach

December 22, 2015September 5, 2015 by Jeff Festa
A whitepaper from Middlebury Interactive’s Chief Academic Officer on the pedagogical approach to developing supplemental ELL curriculum modules.
Teaching Trends

Ending the ELL Fire Drill

December 22, 2015September 5, 2015 by Jeff Festa
Watch this recorded webinar on how technology and proven language pedagogy prepare students for success.
Teaching Trends

Need a New Curriculum Solution to Engage Your ELL?

December 22, 2015September 5, 2015 by Jeff Festa
Learn about Middlebury Interactive’s new ELL curriculum, aligning to Common Core and WIDA standards.
Teaching Trends

Building a Better Future for English Language Learners

December 22, 2015September 5, 2015 by Jeff Festa
How Hartford Public Schools and Middlebury Interactive Languages are partnering to close the ELL achievement gap.
Teaching Trends

Video: New! ELL Curriculum Overview

December 22, 2015September 5, 2015 by Jeff Festa
Watch how this new ELL curriculum is designed to help schools and districts improve learning outcomes for non-native English speakers.
IT Management

Pearson unveils tablet ELL assessment system

January 29, 2015 by Stephen Noonoo
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.…
District Management

Six ed-tech resources for ELL/ESL instruction

December 26, 2014February 10, 2012 by By Meris Stansbury, Online Editor
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…
District Management

What schools can learn from charters about teaching English language learners

October 29, 2010September 10, 2010 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor
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…

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