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Read This First Added by Rebeca Garcia-Gonzalez on Sep 16, 2011 at 1:54pm This Help page can assist you in posting on ELL Connect. ... read more	260 Views		Comments disabled.
Ed Week Spotlights ELLs Added by Debra Schneider on Oct 18, 2012 at 4:38pm Education Week has published a newly updated Spotlight, a collection of articles and blogs, on teaching ELLs. It's a free, downloadable PDF available... read more	50 Views		Comments disabled.
Just the Facts on ELLs Added by Debra Schneider on Oct 21, 2012 at 12:36pm Here's a simple infographic with facts on ELLs in America's public schools.... read more	78 Views	2 comments	Added by Debra Schneider on Oct 24, 2012 at 7:05pm Thanks for the graphic. I need to learn how to do that...hint! hint! ... read more
Six ideas to prepare for parent-teacher conferences with parents of ELLs. Added by Debra Schneider on Nov 7, 2012 at 5:33pm Need help preparing to work with your ELLs' parents in parent-teacher conferences? Check out these tips. ... read more	50 Views		Comments disabled.
Connecting with Parents of ELLs Added by Debra Schneider on Nov 7, 2012 at 5:46pm Looking for more ways to connect with your students' parents? Here's a list of 10 innovative approaches, from focusing on cu... read more	66 Views		Comments disabled.
Rebuilding Native Languages Added by Debra Schneider on Nov 7, 2012 at 7:02pm Independent Lens on PBS broadcast "We Still Live Here," a film about the effort to recover the Wampanoag language. The Wampanoag were the people who i... read more	48 Views		Comments disabled.
AEE Policy Brief: The Role of Language and Literacy in CCSS Standards for ELLs Added by Debra Schneider on Nov 9, 2012 at 7:57am The Alliance for Excellence in Education has published this policy brief to address alignment of CCSS and other new standards with the language profi... read more	51 Views		Comments disabled.
National Family Literacy Month Added by Debra Schneider on Nov 12, 2012 at 1:56pm November is NFLM sponsored by the National Center for Family Literacy. ... read more	35 Views		Comments disabled.
Election 2012 Added by Debra Schneider on Nov 19, 2012 at 6:19pm Maryland became the first state to gra... read more	38 Views		Comments disabled.
New Ed Week Collection on Literacy and the Common Core Added by Debra Schneider on Nov 21, 2012 at 11:52am Only one piece specifically on ELLs. Let's ask Ed Week for more? ... read more	47 Views		Comments disabled.
California's New English Language Development Standards Added by Debra Schneider on Nov 29, 2012 at 9:38pm New English Language Development Standards have been adopted by the California State Board of Education.... read more	38 Views		Comments disabled.
Duncan on Obama Admin's plans for second term and education Added by Debra Schneider on Dec 5, 2012 at 6:32pm Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education, describes the Obama administration's second term plans for education.And a ... read more	42 Views		Comments disabled.
Birthrates and Student Enrollment Added by Debra Schneider on Dec 11, 2012 at 6:44pm US birthrates have declined, especially among immigrants.... read more	42 Views		Comments disabled.
Survey for Teachers of ELLs Added by Debra Schneider on Jan 1, 2013 at 7:14pm Share your knowledge and expertise. The Council of Great City Schools wants to understand your experiences with instructional materials for... read more	47 Views		Comments disabled.
Resources for Teaching ELLs and the CCSS Added by Debra Schneider on Jan 9, 2013 at 4:58pm Here are ten great resources on the Common Core State Standards and ELLs.... read more	53 Views		Comments disabled.
Understanding Language group publishes unit on persuasion for ELLs Added by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on Jan 17, 2013 at 12:40pm Attached find a PDF of a new unit on persuasion created through the Stanford-based Understanding Language group.... read more	171 Views		Comments disabled.
Testing ELLs under the CCSS Added by Debra Schneider on Jan 23, 2013 at 5:17pm The question of how ELLs will be tested under the Common Core State Standards is answered differently in every state.In ... read more	77 Views		Comments disabled.
Six Key Principles for Teaching ELLs Added by Debra Schneider on Jan 30, 2013 at 6:28pm Understanding Language, a site with open source teaching resources for language and learning in the content areas, has published this guide ... read more	54 Views		Comments disabled.
ELL Connect is on Twitter! Added by Debra Schneider on Feb 27, 2013 at 6:03pm Too busy to check out ELL Connect each week? Then follow ELL Connect's Twitter feed.And check out NWP's YouTube channel.... read more	27 Views		Comments disabled.
Pura Belpre Award Winners Added by Debra Schneider on Mar 16, 2013 at 9:49pm The Association for Library Services to Children, a division of the American Library Association, has announced this year's Pura Belpre awards, f... read more	27 Views		Comments disabled.
Understanding Language releases a CCSS-aligned unit for ELLs Added by Debra Schneider on Mar 27, 2013 at 4:13pm Stanford's Understanding Language project is working on units of study that provide lessons and examples of high quality teaching ... read more	30 Views		Comments disabled.
Financial Aid and Latino College Students Added by Debra Schneider on Apr 17, 2013 at 4:00pm Excelencia in Education!... read more	10 Views		Comments disabled.