Maria Montalvo is the ELL Director at the Metropolitan Regional Educational Service Agency (Metro RESA) in Georgia and a member of the ASCD Faculty, where she works with schools and districts to ...

ELL specialist uses technology to engage students in every lesson, while providing resources to bridge the gap between their native language and English. [Editor’s note: “My Tech Essentials” is a new ...

English language learners (ELLs) are not a monolithic population. They come from different countries, have different levels of English exposure at home, and have widely different educational needs.

The new “question-of-the-week” is: What is the role, if any, of an ELL student’s home language in the classroom? Please share your thoughts in the comments or, if you prefer, feel free to email them ...