Preparing Quality Educators for English Language Learners

"This much needed volume focuses on preparing quality teachers for children who arrive in American schools without speaking English. Outstanding researchers in the area of English language learning describe the challenges facing teachers who have not been prepared to educate youngsters who do not understand them, the politics surrounding the education of these youngsters, and the high cost of leaving newly-arrived immigrant children behind. The nine well-documented and insightful essays challenge business-as-usual approaches to teacher education and argue for policies and practices that can improve the preparation of both teachers and school administrators. The volume is a 'must-read' for those concerned about the education of linguistic minority children."
—Guadalupe Vald‚s
Stanford University

"[This volume] responds to the issues raised by the quest for teacher quality for English language learner populations. [It] challenges us not only to think, but to act, and the authors provide us with some excellent pathways to follow."
—Donna Christian
Center for Applied Linguistics, From the Foreword