In this course you will learn how to design lesson plans around the needs of your ELL students and their language level through the analysis of content language and cognitive demands. You will learn ...

The new question-of-the-week is: What has been the best math lesson you have taught and why do you think it was so good? We’ve all taught some great lessons and we’ve also all taught some pretty bad ...

This is an excerpt from the new book “The ELL Teacher’s Toolbox: Hundreds of Practical Ideas to Support Your Students.” And it turns out that many of these ideas work for teachers of mainstream ...

Larry Ferlazzo is a well-respected teacher, both in the Sacramento high school where he taught for more than two decades and far beyond. He has spent much of his career teaching immigrant students and ...

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 ...

Look closely at this image, stripped of its caption, and join the moderated conversation about what you and other students see. By The Learning Network Look closely at this image, stripped of its ...

Iowa’s Teacher of the Year for 2024 comes from Hoover High School in Des Moines. Ann Mincks is a 16-year teacher of English language learners at one of the state’s most diverse high schools, where ...