School Readiness
Achieving school readiness can be extraordinarily difficult for English language learners.
English Language Learners
In addition to its critical role in English-speaking countries, English literacy has become a key determinant of success in our globalized world economy.
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Free Reading Apps
GLEN World has developed a series of educational reading apps designed to help children strengthen their language skills. Our reading apps have been developed with English learners in mind, helping students build on existing language skills. These apps are research-driven, using proven methods to strengthen reading, writing, and speaking skills.
What is Literacy?
Literacy is perhaps the most important skill in modern society: those whose reading and writing skills are not sufficient for success in education or employment will be left behind.
Free Books for Kids
Our free books for kids, offered as part of our GLEN Books app, are specifically designed for English language learners.
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ELL Students in the United States
ELL students represent 20% of students in California and 10% of students in the United States. Without intervention, ELL students are at risk of falling behind their non-ELL counterparts. This deficiency has lifelong implications, affecting graduation rates, job prospects, and future income.
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Reading Strategies for English Learners
Early in an English learner’s journey, they may not have the language skills to jump into a book, making even basic reading strategies less than useful. Our GLEN Learn app is designed to combat this issue
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The Benefits of Reading
Reading is a valuable skill for acquiring knowledge, but it has many other important benefits.
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Can AI Explain? Our Next Step on Generative AI for Literacy
Can generative AI help with English literacy? Our AI Explain: Invention and Discoveries video series marks our next step in our genAI journey. Please check out our AI Explain YouTube playlist!
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GLEN World: A look back at 2024
It’s that time of the year! As we head into the holiday season, we are excited to share our progress in helping children learn to read and get ready for school.
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Announcing AI Tails: a safe first step in utilizing AI for early literacy
Can generative AI help with early English literacy? We have taken a safe first step in this direction at GLEN World. Please check our AI Tails YouTube playlist!
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GLEN World’s stories and rhymes are now on YouTube!
Our children’s stories can now be played as YouTube videos, and our quirky rhymes can now be played as YouTube shorts. Please check them out on the GLEN World YouTube site!
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GLEN World: A look back at 2023
As we head into the holiday season, we are excited to share with you our progress in helping children learn to read and get ready for school.
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Learner Stories: GLEN Learn in a TK Classroom
Dear friend of GLEN World, A unique feature of the GLEN Learn platform is the learner analytics that we gather. These analytics tell us a lot about our young learners’ engagement, progress, and the challenges along their learning journey, and enable us to improve our content to help them better. For example: how long did
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GLEN World: A look back at 2022
Dear friend of GLEN World, Our very best wishes to you and your loved ones as we head into the holiday season. This is a time to reflect on all that we have accomplished in terms of helping children take the first steps towards literacy and school readiness. Regarding our work here at home in
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GLEN World Newsletter Spring 2022
Dear friend of GLEN World, The challenges posed by these Covid-19 years have inspired us at GLEN World to work harder than ever to help children take their first steps towards literacy and school readiness. With spring in full swing, and the pandemic hopefully entering its final phase, we are taking a moment to reflect
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GLEN World: A look back at 2021
Dear friend of GLEN World, Hope you are staying healthy and safe. Our very best wishes to you and your loved ones as we head into the holiday season. It’s been another difficult year for everyone as the Covid-19 pandemic drags on. Here at GLEN World, we are taking a moment to reflect on all
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GLEN Learn mobile app (iOS and Android) now available: helping children jump the digital divide
The GLEN (GLobal ENglish) World team is excited to announce the public release of GLEN Learn, our app for early English literacy and school readiness, as an iOS app and as an Android app. The GLEN Learn app guides children through the building blocks of early English literacy and is aligned with research-based standards for
GLEN World welcomes two new board members: Donna Barranco Fisher and Michael Furlong
GLEN (GLobal ENglish) World is excited to announce that Donna Barranco Fisher and Prof. Emeritus Mike Furlong have joined our board to help us take the next step in our journey. Donna and Mike are joining our board at a pivotal moment. We are embarking on a multi-year strategic plan focusing on school readiness for
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GLEN Learn aligned with standardized school-readiness assessments
We are excited to share that the learning content in GLEN Learn, GLEN World’s flagship learning app for young English Learners, is now closely aligned with two research-backed school readiness assessments, the Kindergarten Student Entrance Profile (KSEP) and the Desired Results Developmental Profile (DRDP). KSEP and DRDP are used in school districts in California to
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