What Educators Say About Schoolwide Approaches to Educating ELLs
“Powerful examples from real schools, students, and their families provide a background for the research-based and theoretically sound suggestions Soltero provides to help teachers and administrators implement best practices with their second language students.”
David and Yvonne Freeman, authors of Between Worlds, Third Edition
“Sonia’s ideas and experience have been a vital reference for the DLEI?from helping to determine the direction of our big picture efforts, to guiding the nitty-gritty of growing programs that foster bilingualism and biliteracy and are tailored to their respective communities. As we continue expand and sustain this work it becomes particularly crucial to spread the message of Schoolwide Approaches to Educating ELLs; that the most powerful, lasting programs cannot exist in silos, but in collaborative communities in which everyone embraces their role as a stakeholder in the education of ELLs.”
Olivia Mulcahy, Dual Language Education Initiative (DLEI) Coordinator,
Chicago Public Schools Office of Language and Cultural Education
“Dr. Soltero’s book is a call to action and a reminder that all teachers, not just ELL instructors, are stakeholders in the education of ELL students. “Effective School-wide Practices” do not happen in isolation. This should be mandatory reading for all future and current educators.”
Mario Perez, Newcomer Center, Coordinator, Township High School District 214
Other Reviews
“Written in an accessible style, this work gives guidelines for curriculum planning and program design for teaching English language learners (ELLs). A distinguishing feature of the book is that it frames the education of ELLs within a broader district- and school-wide agenda. Issues that affect ELLs are seen as interrelated, not in isolation from the classroom setting.”
Book News Inc., Portland, OR
