Creating New Futures for Newcomers: Q&A with BethAnn Berliner
BethAnn Berliner discusses schools that are using effective strategies to support students who are immigrants, refugees, and asylees, also known as newcomer students.
BethAnn Berliner discusses schools that are using effective strategies to support students who are immigrants, refugees, and asylees, also known as newcomer students.
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In this post, we introduce the work of three language and literacy initiatives – Reading Apprenticeship, Quality Teaching for English Learners, and Leading with Learning, and offer a variety of tools and resources to inform your practice.
This report highlights "bright spots," schools that are using promising and effective strategies for supporting newcomer students in K–12 classrooms.
Words of advice before trying the Teaching Learning Cycle to support children’s engagement with complex stories and their story writing: planning is key, start with one new strategy, and have fun.
Check out these resources to learn about supporting English learner students, implementing restorative-justice practices, and more.
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Experts from WestEd’s Quality Teaching for English Learners initiative describe why incorporating opportunities for effective dialogue with peers is essential for effective math teaching and learning.
WestEd is highlighting best practices to help you provide high-quality support for English learners, focusing on research, resources, and professional learning. Learn more.
Explore WestEd’s research, services, and resources designed to help educators rapidly improve teaching and systemic support for English learners.
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Haiwen Chu and Leslie Hamburger describe five types of engaging peer-interaction structures that can support English learners as they make sense of mathematics and explore important mathematical relationships.
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