Blogs about: English Language Learner
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ELL numbers balloon
GRAND FORKS, ND–Amera Issa excitedly raises her hand to answer almost every question her teacher asks. Amazing, considering the 8-year-old second-grader at Century Elementary in Grand Forks is n… more →
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jnicholcaddy wrote 1 month ago: Schools Are Where Stimulus Saved Jobs, New Data Show [The New York Times] Portland primed to get hip … more →
ELL numbers balloon
John Brezinsky wrote 12 months ago: GRAND FORKS, ND–Amera Issa excitedly raises her hand to answer almost every question her teach … more →
States with Alternative Tests for ELLs
John Brezinsky wrote 12 months ago: LEARNING THE LANGUAGE–Staff members of the U.S. Department of Education have provided me with … more →
Strong grasp of mother tongue boosts students
John Brezinsky wrote 12 months ago: CALGARY, CANADA–A cacophony of sounds emerges from the St. Mark School library as parents and … more →
Programs aimed at helping students adjust to language
John Brezinsky wrote 12 months ago: NASHUA, CT–Although America is a land of immigrants, throughout history, many Americans have h … more →
What is ELL?
John Brezinsky wrote 12 months ago: GRAND FORKS, ND–The English Language Learner program includes six levels. Level 1 contains stu … more →
Move to Introduce English in Arabic Nurseries Hailed
John Brezinsky wrote 12 months ago: DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES–Children at a young age are more linguistically inclined in compar … more →
Oregon Suspends Use of Aprenda--a Spanish-Language Test
John Brezinsky wrote 12 months ago: LEARNING THE LANGAUGE–Oregon has become the latest state to stop using an alternative test for … more →
Invigorating basic education
John Brezinsky wrote 12 months ago: MANILLA, PHILIPPINES–Teaching basic education through the language spoken by the child at home … more →
Course breaks barriers to language for non-English speakers
John Brezinsky wrote 12 months ago: DESOTO, MS–Since 2002, the number of non-English speakers in the DeSoto County School system h … more →
English learners increase
John Brezinsky wrote 1 year ago: DUNCAN, OK–The number of students who are classified as English language learners is increasin … more →
Bill Sizemore jailed for contempt of court
John Brezinsky wrote 1 year ago: PORTLAND, OR–Veteran ballot initiative activist Bill Sizemore was handcuffed and jailed Monday … more →
Teachers will mind language
John Brezinsky wrote 1 year ago: DARWIN, AUSTRALIA–The Territory Government is facing a revolt from remote teachers who vow to … more →
It's No Secret: Progress Prized In Brownsville
John Brezinsky wrote 1 year ago: BROWNSVILLE, TX–Here at Cromack Elementary School, near the border of the United States and Me … more →
English is the second language at some schools
John Brezinsky wrote 1 year ago: SOUTHEND, UNITED KINGDOM–More than a third of pupils at some Southend primary schools do not s … more →
ELL challenges not insurmountable
John Brezinsky wrote 1 year ago: NASHVILLE, TN–Davidson County is home to more than a quarter of all Tennessee’s English langua … more →
Increasing Hispanic population affects schools
John Brezinsky wrote 1 year ago: CHARLESTON, SC–A striking surge in Hispanic students at one Charleston County elementary schoo … more →
At Zephyrhills High, lunch break a world away
John Brezinsky wrote 1 year ago: ST. PETERSBURG, FL–Diversity is something to be celebrated. Just ask Jeffra Flaitz and Daniell … more →
Breakdown of top native languages spoken in schools
Beverly G. Rivera wrote 1 year ago: Columbia Public Schools have seen an increase in the number of English Language Learners (ELL) this … more →
