Danielle “Nell” Thompson and Terrie Noland lead schools from fragmented efforts to coherent literacy practices Literacy improvement efforts have swept across the nation by policy or by passion, yet ...

Francie Alexander argues for continuity across subject areas Asking a child to juggle seven balls all at once—a challenge for ...

Sharroky Hollie seeks validation and affirmation of the nonverbal language practices our students bring with them During my early academic studies in linguistics, I was introduced to the six ...

Most of us cannot remember learning our first word, but Helen Keller recalled that event in her life with a flashing vividness. She remembered because she was deaf, mute, and blind from the age of ...

I am button-burstingly proud of a book of mine titled Word Wizard because it is an anthology of my best and most popular work and thus represents the arc of my writing career. The Greek forebear is ...

One day at recess, a distraught five-year-old approached me and proclaimed angrily, “Fulanito me tagó.” Confused, I attempted to understand her meaning: “¿Te tocó?” (“He touched you?”) She shook her ...

K atie Novak explains why the implementation of universal design for learning (UDL) is best practice to increase engagement in all students In 1922, my grandmother moved from Trois-Rivières, a city in ...

The field of language education today is dominated by concerns about the development of academic language proficiency, the mastery of the vocabulary, grammar, and discourse style of language needed ...

When we read, we are reading language. Thus, a strong foundation in oral language is essential to reading comprehension. The research base we refer to as the science of reading includes copious ...

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 ...

Last month, the Instituto Cervantes launched its yearbook, Spanish in the World 2019, with the latest data showing that a total of 580 million people speak Spanish (7.6% of the world’s population). Of ...

Career and technical education, commonly referred to as career-tech ed or CTE, encompasses a wide array of industry-specific classes designed to enable high school students to explore career options ...