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What is translanguaging, and how can it help level the playing field for bilingual students at school? Adapted from the NEW second edition of The Translanguaging Classroom by Kate Seltzer,…

Post updated on 8/19/25 How can schools support educational equity, academic success, and positive social-emotional development for the increasing number of multilingual students? Our authors have answers—and today’s post is…

Classroom interaction with teachers and peers is a crucial component of English language development for students classified as ELLs. Excerpted and adapted from the new edition of Wayne Wright’s bestselling…

Today’s classrooms include increasing numbers of students who are learning English in addition to one or more other languages. Teachers should be aware of the needs of their English learners…

Today’s guest post is by Holly Porter, author of Intentional Co-Teaching for Multilingual Learners. When we started building our co-teaching program for multilingual learners, we quickly realized something important: we…

Multilingual learners need teachers and schools that support their educational equity, academic success, and positive social-emotional development. In today’s post, explore five important new and upcoming books that prepare educators…

What is a translanguaging classroom? Kate Seltzer, Susana Ibarra Johnson, and Ofelia García, authors of The Translanguaging Classroom, Second Edition, define it as: A space built collaboratively by the teacher and…

Today’s post is adapted from Differentiating Instruction and Assessment for English Language Learners, by Shelley Fairbairn & Stephaney Jones-Vo. Teach English language learners? Don’t underestimate the importance of becoming familiar…

*Today’s guest post is by Karen Nemeth, author of Young Dual Language Learners. There are many ways for teachers to learn about research and practice that can help them teach…