2025 Spring Conference

Learning for Justice Website
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Learning for Justice Educator Resources

The Importance of Advocacy

Learning a language?
Four ways to smash through the dreaded ‘intermediate plateau’ -Jill Boggs, The Conversation
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Long-term English learners do worse on tests than peers with fewer years in U.S. schools, data shows– Zaidee Stavely

2025 Spring Conference Success!

My High School Spanish Teacher Taught Me about the Original AI–Authentic Interaction -Becca Katz for Chalkbeat
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AI Can Personalize Learning–It Can’t Make Students Care– Thomas Arnett, Clayton Christensen Institute

Eight Ways To Help English Language Learners Feel Motivated To Read & Write
-Larry Ferlazzo
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Scaffolding, Technology, and Context: Writing Strategies for MLEs-Eric Gómez Burgos

6 Strategies for Teaching Phonics to Older Students
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Improving Reading Comprehension in English: Tips & Strategies for Beginners-Suci Rahmadillah, Nia Wardani, Aries Bachtiar Dega, and Yani Lubis

More Than Scaffolds…Providing the Right Space For Oracy Instruction -Sarah Said
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How to Motivate Students to Work in Collaborative Teams -Sarah Said

Sentence Patterning Chart for Language Acquisition and Writing -Nahal
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Hexagonal Thinking: A Colorful Tool for Discussion
-Betsy Potash

Why Do You Teach? -Aleta Margolis
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This Newark educator missed out on support as a new immigrant. Years on, she became the teacher she needed. -Jessie Gómez

Newly Arrived English Learners a Positive for Existing ELs -Kara Arundel
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The Home Language: An English Language Learner’s Most Valuable Resource -Fred Genesee

Beyond Sentence Frames: Scaffolding Emergent Multilingual Students’ Participation in Science Discourse -Laura Alvarez, Sarah Capitelli, and Guadalupe Valdés
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Using an Input-Output Loop to Help Newcomer Students Learn Class Content
-Tan Huynh and Beth Skelton

Universal Literacy Screening for Multilingual Learners: Addressing Common Concerns -Amy Garner, OG-TH and Kathryn Tepedino, OG-T
-Tan Huynh and Beth Skelton