4 Strategies to Prepare for a Federal Program Monitoring Review

Estimated Reading Time: 4 mins, 40 seconds A Federal Program Monitoring (FPM) review is an essential aspect of education policy. It is designed to assess whether a local education agency meets the minimum requirements of a compliance category. Since English language learners (ELLs) are a category whose growth and achievement are closely tracked, districts and…

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Why You Need a Plan for Designated ELD Instruction

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Estimated Reading Time: 2 mins, 36 seconds According to the U.S. Department of Education (ED) and the Office of Civil Rights (OCR), school districts across the country have a legal obligation to provide meaningful and equitable support for their English learner (EL) populations. This federal mandate is passed down to the departments of education of…

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How to Effectively Use Online English Language Development Tools in the Classroom, Part 1

Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins, 21 seconds We’ve never experienced a greater need for effective instructional tools for our English learners than right now. With administrative and teaching staff stretched to the max, it’s critical that you have tools actually make a difference in helping English learners progress. To that end, we’ve created a two-part…

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5 Simple Steps for Working with Non-English Speaking ELs & SIFEs

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Estimated Reading Time: 5 mins, 37 secs As an educator, how are you supposed to teach about arguments and claims to students who don’t understand or speak any English? Not only do these students not know English, but they don’t seem to have had much formal education in their native country either. But yet, you’re…

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