Using Technology to Help Our ELL Parents Become More Involved One key component often left out of the English Language Learners education is the involvement with the students’ families. Technology is one way to accomplish this. Technology allows for translation services and copies of forms and their child’s progress in the parents language. All of these can be easily and readily accessed by the parent on a carefully created website. The problem I foresee and have seen in my own district is the funding and ability to create a site that can effectively include all of this. The new STARR report card and website created by a district in Texas is a glimmer of hope for all districts trying to more effectively and clearly communicate with the parents of ELLs. It just makes sense to give parents communication in their own language. I know this is the law, but too many district...