April 2025 Inside the Issue

Creating the Environment for Reading Success
Gretchen Givens Generett, Octavia Gray-Essex, Cleveland Mouton, Adrea Truckenmiller, and Cassandra Wheeler suggest how to build a supportive school culture for literacy transformation

A Friend to Learn On
Nicholas Yoder, Valentina Gonzalez, and Douglas Fisher discuss the importance of friendship as a scaffold and support for multilingual learners

Structuring Multilingual Learners’ Path to Career Success
Meghan Gregoire-Smith shares high-leverage instructional practices to support multilingual learners’ engagement with career and technical education courses

Rooted in the Science of Reading
Margo Gottlieb sees multilingual learners come into full bloom through multiliteracies

Learn Faster by Slowing Down
Jennifer Parker explores cognitive overload and learner analytics

Reading Support
A selection of engaging products and programs to boost your students’ reading levels

Mastering Reading Instruction
A selection of programs to help you master the latest research-based methods to help create proficient readers

The Legacy and Tensions of the Lau Decision
Fifty years on, Amanda K. Kibler and Martha Castellón Palacios examine the challenges to the promise of equity for multilingual learners through language and content integrated instruction

Structured Literacy Boosts Academic Progress
Jeanne Jeup says it’s time for schools to implement an approach that works