Promote Speaking With ELLs Through ‘Community, Conversations, and Celebrations’ is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column.

In it, Sandra C. Figueroa, Cecilia Pattee, Barbara Gottschalk, Michael D. Toth, Becky Corr, and Susan Michalski suggest ways teachers can help ELLs develop their English-speaking abilities.

Here are some excerpts: