The Challenge of Offering ELLs the 'Right to Rigor'

This is a WOW article and hopefully all of you teachers of ELLs read and comment on this post.  Guest blogger, Cathering Gewertz discusses David Coleman's remarks about the ELL's right to rigor in the annual meeting of the College Board.  Coleman is the new president of the College Board and his remarks are indeed refreshingly different.  Meeting participant, Lily Wong Fillmore assures us that ELLs can handle complex text if teachers are given the training to teach complex texts to English learners...."no more watered down text"  stating that there is no way out for them. They become trapped in lower levels of learning and can't catch up to their English speaking peers.   He also stated what is rather remarkable..." You should hold us accountable for making assessments worthy of you and your best work."  The college board would be hostile to tests that fall short of assessing authentic learning. 
This calls to mind our own attempts to teach ELLs.  After reading this article I would like to learn more about the kind of teacher training Coleman wants to see.  - All of us in LE could benefit from this knowledge.
Please express your thoughts about Coleman's discussion with the College Board members.
{I am interested in reading the Comments to the article, but I've posted it just a few minutes after it was published so there are none at this time.}

College Board Puts Spotlight on Needs of ELLs, New Kinds of Tests.  Guest blogger, Catherine Gewertz. 10.24.12 Education Week - Learning the Language
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning-the-language/2012/10/college_board_puts_needs_of_el.html?cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS2

Ideas To Use Videos for ELLs & Non-ELLS

This thoughtful article is useful when we plan video supplements to enhance our reading lessons.  All suggestions connect to the Common Core Standards for ELA Grades 6-12.  Well worth your time to read and consider how these ideas could fit into your plans for ELLs. Also consider how they might work for your non-ELLs
The 8 ideas are listed here, but the titles won't mean much unless you read the article to see how the thoughts fit for ELL students.  Excellent examples given.
1.  Critical Pedagogy
2.  Back to the Screen
3.  Language Experience Approach
4.  Dubbing
5.  Novelty
6.  Video Clips and Questions
7.  V ideo and Reading Strategies
8.  Inductive Learning

What are ways you use videos to encourage deeper learning in your Title I classes? 

Eight Ways to Use Video With English Language Learners. Larry Ferlazzo and Katie H. Sypnieski.  10.10.12. Edutopia
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/ell-engagement-using-video-larry-ferlazzo-katie-hull-sypnieski