Purposeful Processing — Improving Outcomes for ELL’s: One School’s Journey Toward Equity

Melody Kellogg • Cahn Fellow 2018

Educational equity, for us, means all students receiving what they need to be successful. It is our argument that educational equity for ELL’s, for a variety of reasons, is not consistently occurring in the majority of educational institutions. Our project addresses the value of creating a paradigm shift in instruction for ELL’s that prioritizes developing students’ cognitive processes as a means of addressing learning gaps, fostering independence in learning, and ultimately improving student outcomes and college preparedness.