Category: English Learners

AI for English learners: the Telo robot helping a student practice English in class
What AI for English learners actually does, where it helps most, how to evaluate it for safety and efficacy, and how districts can fund it.
Technology for ELL students: a classroom robot and devices used by young English learners with a teacher
A district guide to technology for ELL students: the categories that matter, how to evaluate tools, how to fund them, and the one capability that moves outcomes.
Challenges English learners face: a teacher supporting a diverse, multi-age group of students in class
The academic, linguistic, and systemic challenges English Learners face, why they persist, and the practical steps districts can take to address them.
Student talk time: diverse English Learners speaking in small groups across an active classroom
English Learners need far more speaking time than school provides. Why student talk time drives acquisition, the math behind the gap, and how to close it.
Oral language development: a teacher supporting young English Learners as they speak and build expressive language
What oral language development is, why it is the foundation of literacy for English Learners, how to measure it, and how districts can scale it.
ESL speaking activities: diverse elementary students practicing English in pairs while the teacher circulates
The best ESL speaking activities for English Learners, why speaking practice drives acquisition, and how districts can scale talk time for every student.
A teacher facilitating group talk, supporting multilingual learners in the classroom
How to support multilingual learners in the classroom: practical strategies for comprehensible input, oral language, and speaking practice that actually scale.
A teacher with young children, multilingual learners vs English learners
Multilingual learners vs English learners: the difference between the asset-based and federal terms, why it matters legally, and what districts should use.
A teacher with a young child, illustrating what is a multilingual learner
What is a multilingual learner? The definition, how MLL relates to EL, ELL, and ESL, and why states are adopting the term.
TELO with students and Teacher
How K-5 teachers use Telo to give English Learners individualized speaking practice during centers, rotations, and intervention blocks.