Describes successful strategies for teaching the new generation of students in the United States. Issues of immigration, language acquisition, and cultural difference require that educators rethink how they can best serve all students. Teachers, administrators, and counselors get information about: (1) the responsibility of all educators, not just English as a Second Language (ESL) instructors, to ensure that English-language learners (ELLs) fully participate in the education available in their schools; (2) a sociocultural approach to assessing students from immigrant families in order to identify their strengths; (3) teaching and assessment strategies that benefit children not just in language development, but across the curriculum in such subjects as math; (4) how educators can help ELLs tackle the challenge of high-stakes standardized tests; (5) how teachers can draw on student’s experiences to sharpen their writing skills; (6) specific strategies for teaching refugee and migrant students; (7) the important roles that principals and parents play in bolstering the achievement of immigrant and second-language students; and (8) ways to improve ELLs’ access to higher education. Taken together, these strategies can help bridge linguistic and cultural differences and create opportunities for today’s diverse students to be successful in school and beyond.
