Entries by Adam Strom

Educator Spotlight: Sarah Ottow, Engaging English Learners

By Adam Strom As an educator, Sarah Ottow has spent her career focused on issues of equity. Key to her success is working with school teachers and administrators to help schools serve and empower culturally and linguistically diverse students. Sarah has been a classroom teacher, ESL teacher, instructional coach, lead mentor, district coordinator, and bilingual reading […]

Ensuring Equity for ELL Students

Recent data suggests that English Learners are the fastest growing subset of students in U.S. schools. Unfortunately, many educators do not have experience working with newcomer populations. What can we done to ensure that they receive equity in schools? What are their rights? What are the obligations of the school district to ELL’s? This Four-page […]