good books for english learners middle school

Hispanic Attitudes Toward Learning English.The New Demography of America’s Schools: Immigration and the No Child Left Behind Act.Urgent but Overlooked: The Literacy Crisis Among Adolescent English Language Learners.She was a classroom teacher for 20 years, including ten years as an ELL instructor.īackground on the ELL Population in the U.S. Susan Lafond creates and leads professional development programs for the new York State United Teachers Union and serves on the American Federation of Teachers’ English Language Learning advisory cadre. Previously, Deborah worked with federal agencies to evaluate how their programs served Latinos and produced multiple reports on the status of Latinos in education as the Deputy Director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans. Secretary of Education on all matters related to ELL students.ĭeborah Santiago, is the co-founder and Vice President for Policy and Research at Excelencia in Education where her current research focuses on state and federal policy, accountability, program evaluation, and student success in higher education.

Leos served as the Assistant Deputy Secretary and Director to the US Department of Education’s Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA), where she was principal advisor to the U.S. Kathleen Leos is the President and CEO of The Global Institute for Language and Literacy Development (GILD), which advises state and district departments of education and higher education institutions on transforming education into high-quality, comprehensive systems that ensure English Language Learners (ELLs) achieve academic success.

Good books for english learners middle school