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In the US, approximately five million English learners attend schools nationwide. However, the 2022 NAEP report shows that only 10% read at or above a proficient level, compared to 37% of their peers. As a former school district administrator and 95 Percent Group's current Vice President of Professional Learning and Academics, Dr. Antonio Fierro, EdD, knows the challenges institutions face in adjusting their programs to the most recent research on what we know produces proficient readers. Find out what Fierro suggests as a two-pronged approach to ensuring ALL students are successful readers and next steps to support teachers working with English learners. https://95pg.info/3yhZRld #EquityInEducation

NEW ARTICLE. In an era when teachers are becoming increasingly deprofessionalized, we argue that positioning teachers as experts means better classrooms for kids. Our study focuses particularly on the impact of teacher agency and collaboration for immigrant students. Open access here: https://lnkd.in/gRTpBFR6

Congratulations to my friend and IAPC Fellow Chi-Ming Lam on this publication! "This article presents a study that examines the impact of a Philosophy for Children (P4C) program on teachers in Hong Kong, specifically focusing on its effectiveness in fostering dialogic and inquiry-based teaching approaches. While dialogic teaching has been acknowledged as beneficial for cultivating vital competencies such as creativity, critical thinking, and communication skills, existing literature reveals a prevalent tendency towards monologic teacher-student interactions across various subjects, grades, and countries. By providing training and support to teachers, enabling them to implement P4C in Integrated Humanities and English lessons, this study aimed to evaluate the program’s effectiveness in enhancing teachers’ classroom practices. The results indicated that P4C significantly contributed to improving teachers’ ability to engage in dialogic and inquiry-based teaching, thereby enhancing their overall effectiveness in the classroom. These findings highlight the significant role of P4C in promoting teachers’ professional development and its relevance to innovative teaching pedagogies in higher education." https://lnkd.in/gEqA7BMv College for Education and Engaged Learning at Montclair State University

Meet Tianying (Teanna) Feng, a Graduate Student Researcher at CRESST, UCLA! Play the video to hear her story and learn more about her expertise in education solutions for English Learners. Her bio is included in the last clip of the video. #CRESST #UCLA #research #education #educationresearch #schoolofeducation #schoolofed #teachers #educators #school #educationtools #educationsolutions

The National Research & Development Center to Improve Education for Secondary English Learners co-led a well-attended convening of #EnglishLearner experts in 2023. Here are 10 key takeaways to help leaders strengthen English Learner outcomes, address systemic issues and create practical solutions!

A little snippet from our Masters of Education lesson The University of Hong Kong from last week. We are unpacking the IB approaches to teaching pedagogical principles. #atls #conceptuallearning #inquiryBasedLearning

For parents who are new to British education and their children will be going to boarding school for the first time, the boarding school language can sometimes be difficult and confusing. 🏫 To help, we have created a two-part blog series with lots of useful definitions for key terms used when trying to find a boarding school. In part one, you can find key school terms, and part two focuses on language used in exams and admissions. Please click on either of the blogs below to find out more.👇 👀 Part 1 - School language: https://lnkd.in/eUmHw-Xg Part 2 - Exams/admissions language: https://lnkd.in/eRPtmpdq #educationconsultants #boardingschoollanguage #boardingschooladvice

https://lnkd.in/g3SHXX2e A CALT is a Certified Academic Language Therapist that brings a specific and relevant set of skills to the field of academic language. Their knowledge and expertise is invaluable in the educational setting. If you know one, then you know they are committed to improving student outcomes and contributing to the transformative power of language and literacy in education. #IamaCALT #languageandliteracy

As we close out the year, we look back at 10 top takeaways from the "Improving Instruction, Assessment, and Policies for Secondary #EnglishLearners Across the Content Areas" conference, jointly held earlier this year by two IES-funded research centers at The George Washington University in Washington, DC. Nearly 300 researchers, policymakers, and practitioners from local to federal levels gathered to look at research currently underway and share perspectives on how to improve opportunities and achievement for English Learners, from the classroom to systemic levels. Here are the highlights: https://lnkd.in/d65pFC3G #englishlanguagelearners #educationresearch #englishasasecondlanguage #multilingualism

I draw much inspiration for my work around integrated literacy from Australia. Many of their units are 1) interdisciplinary, 2) integrative of learning, literacy, and language (at all levels of meaning, from discourse down to phonemes), 3) pursue learning goals that have relevance outside the classroom. https://lnkd.in/gJ9E-BTK