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Using Translation to Support Multilingual Learners and Their Families

Using translation technology can help K-12 schools and districts create more inclusive learning environments for multilingual learners and their families.

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Understanding the Alphabet Soup of Multilingual Education

Educator Barnes is back with a primer on the many acronyms used in multilingual education and the dire academic and equity consequences of mislabeling students or curricula.

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Here’s How To Respect Newcomer Students As They Learn English

Students with scant English are spilling into classrooms across the United States for a rainbow of reasons.

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3 Ways We Can Support the Unique Needs of English Language Learners After the Pandemic

3 Ways We Can Support the Unique Needs of English Language Learners After the Pandemic

Picture this: a Spanish-speaking student in the back of the classroom struggling to understand a lecture.  Now picture this: a Spanish-speaking student in

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6 Ways We Can Help Reverse COVID Learning Loss for English Learners

6 Ways We Can Help Reverse COVID Learning Loss for English Learners

Twenty-one months have passed since the COVID-19 pandemic was declared a national emergency. With a new school year underway, the United States (U.S.) publ

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EXPLAINED: What Is Title I and How Is It Used to Fund Our Schools?

When national politicians and lobbyists argue we should spend more money on K-12 education, they’re almost always talking about increasing allocations for

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A ‘Whole Child’ Approach Will Be More Important Than Ever This Fall

A ‘Whole Child’ Approach Will Be More Important Than Ever This Fall

With summer here and life as we remember emerges, the open doors and public gatherings herald a return to normal. When it comes to schools reopening in the

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Meet Two Teachers Learning to Center Their Students' Identities Without Losing Sight of Their Own

Meet Two Teachers Learning to Center Their Students’ Identities Without Losing Sight of Their Own

Lindsay Singer and Ashley McCall are both third grade teachers at Cesar Chavez Multicultural Academic Center in Chicago. Lindsay teaches mathematics and in

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Here's Why Putting the Brakes on Charter Schools Is So 2020

Here’s Why Putting the Brakes on Charter Schools Is So 2020

Prior to COVID-19 upending American education, some state legislatures around the country considered moratoriums or “pauses” on public charter schools; whi

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