Bilingual educators often serve as a bridge for students navigating two worlds academically, linguistically,and culturally. But the demands placed on these educators continue to grow.Many are tasked ...
Despite Administration’s desire to slash education spending, a final bicameral, bipartisan bill restores most funding, including English Learner, World Language, EdTech, and Professional Development ...
According to the newly-released Cervantes Institute’s 2022 yearbook Spanish in the World, the number of native Spanish speakers has risen to nearly 500 million (496.5 million—up about three million ...
The American educational system has a difficult time understanding dyslexia and an even harder time identifying children with dyslexia in order to provide the correct intervention for students who are ...
During the past decade, interpreter and translator services have soared across public and public charter schools in the US. A primary reason for this dramatic increase is the “Dear Colleague” letter ...
“Literacy has two beginnings: one, in the world, the other, in each person who learns to read and write.”—Margaret Meek This quote has continued to rewind and repeat in my mind as a more than 50-year ...
Linguistic diversity among our multilingual students in grades pre-K–12 has been steadily increasing over the last 15 years, and with changing classroom dynamics, we need strong, intentional ...
Kate Kinsella provides proven practices for ensuring all students are prepared to contribute and listen actively within bilingual, English Language Development, and content-area coursework The Need ...
It’s the first quarter of the academic year, and schools have just received the results of the district’s initial round of interim achievement tests. With programmatic, classroom, and individual ...
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced over $7 million in new funding awards for Native language projects. In 2024, ...
A new study carried out at the MIT Language Acquisition Lab offers a novel insight into the early acquisition of vocabulary—sentences contain subtle hints in their grammar that tell young children ...
The International Dyslexia Association (IDA) has released its 2025 Dyslexia Definition—the first revision since its widely recognized 2002 definition that has guided research, shaped educational ...