While I worked at Saturn Street School, I had the pleasure of being involved with a grant with Antioch University that revolved around assisting English Language Learners. Teachers in the grant chose areas of their practice to research via inquiry projects that examined both quantitative and qualitative student data and aligned with best practices in …
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What the Research Shows About Teaching English Language Learners
Jennifer Jacobson, assistant editor, of American Educator, a publication of the American Federation of Teachers shares this article on what the research says and doesn’t say about teaching English Language Learners. It’s a lengthy report with the takeawy for me that it does seem that English Language Development (ELD) is best when taught as a …
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Energize Your Classroom: How Jim Cramer Made Me a Better Teacher of English Language Learners
I’ve become a better teacher of English Language Learners by watching one of my favorite TV Shows, Jim Cramer’s Mad Money. This is a show about buying stocks. If you’re not interested in stocks you might be turned off already, but Jim Cramer is an entertainer. He takes what could be boring and incomprehensible and …