ELL specialist uses technology to engage students in every lesson, while providing resources to bridge the gap between their native language and English. [Editor’s note: “My Tech Essentials” is a new ...

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 face is helping ELLs ...

The new “question-of-the-week” is: What is the role, if any, of an ELL student’s home language in the classroom? Please share your thoughts in the comments or, if you prefer, feel free to email them ...

(This is the first post in a two-part series on this topic.) Wendi Pillars and Tagrid Sihly asked: What are the greatest challenges to improving ELL student achievement, and how can we overcome them?