The schools highlighted in this timely report help newcomer students — recently arrived immigrants, refugees, and asylees — acculturate to school, become proficient in English, and fill critical knowledge gaps. They provide wide-ranging supports to students and families and form partnerships with community organizations to promote student success. Learn about the eight promising practices that are evident across these five newcomer schools.

Learn how to meet the needs of diverse learners with evidence-based instructional practices. Participants will examine instructional approaches that work best for their students and discover how to improve teaching and learning through collaboration. Sign up today.

This brief highlights four essential practices known to meet English Learners’ instructional needs effectively. It suggests how teachers might apply the practices in several distance learning contexts — in synchronous and asynchronous online learning and in environments with no access to technology.

Download these activity sheets from REL West, available in English and Spanish, for simple, engaging activities that families and caregivers can use at home to strengthen children’s language development. The activity sheets require very few materials, and internet access is not necessary to complete them.

This archived webinar series, recorded last year, highlights strategies educators can use to support the success of multilingual students and English Learners in distance learning environments, including techniques for formative assessment.

As part of the 50th Annual National Association for Bilingual Education Conference, Aída Walqui will present a virtual session highlighting the new National Research & Development Center to Improve Education for Secondary English Learners. She will be joined by Center researchers Ilana Umansky (University of Oregon) and Margaret Heritage (UCLA), and Haiwen Chu, Martha Palacios, Lee Hartman, and Mary Schmida from WestEd. 

Mark your calendars to see their presentation, and be sure to visit WestEd in the online exhibit hall to learn about our research, resources, and services to support better outcomes for English Learners.

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