Search Result (2487)
Bilingual teacher workforce starts with English learner students
As university bilingual educators raised in Spanish-speaking homes, we have been asked by colleagues: How did you become so successful? That question represents an all-too-common deficit perspective o..
Learning Forward members deliver proclamation to Capitol Hill
Leaders from Learning Forward affiliates in Virginia and New England joined Learning Forward Executive Director Stephanie Hirsh in Washington, D.C., in February to deliver a message to lawmakers about..
Update your email preferences
Are you getting the Learning Forward information you value the most? You can personalize the type of information you receive from Learning Forward and tailor the number of emails you get by updating y..
Support at every level
More than half of the world’s population is bilingual (Grosjean, 2010). In many countries, bilingualism is embedded within culture and identity (Callahan & Gandara, 2014) and is valued because i..
Learning Forward celebrates 50 years
In 1969, Ron Brandt organized a gathering of staff developers in Minneapolis to discuss the issues they faced in their relatively new field. Since then, the gathering turned into a membership organiza..
Take a schoolwide approach to supporting English learners
As a professional learning specialist focused on English learners, I often hear concerns like this one from Bridget, an English learner teacher: “My colleagues in general education classrooms say th..
In their own words: Native language in the classroom
In our professional development work with teachers of English learner students, we have identified eight practices that support English learners’ access to complex tasks and text (Apodaca, 2007). Tw..
No matter our role, multilingual students are our students
More than 4.8 million students come to U.S. schools with a home language other than English. These students speak over 400 different languages and contribute an astounding diversity of life experience..
