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US Spanish Fact-Checking Site Launches
Poynter’s PolitiFact, the Pulitzer Prize–winning fact-checking newsroom, has launched a new Spanish-language experience, PolitiFact en Español (www.politifact.com/espanol), to help more than 40 million Spanish...
Young Russians Learning Chinese
According to a report last month in China Daily, “The surge in demand for Chinese lessons in Russia reflects the nation’s shift toward the...
Online Arabic Learning Boom in Israel
Despite an immediate drop in registrations after the October 7 Hamas attack in southern Israel, demand for online Arabic learning programs in the country...
Report Endorses Early College Access for Mexican Americans
The Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute of Leadership, Equity, and Justice has released its latest report, “Reframing College: Mexican American Students, Higher Education, and Family...
Relaunch of America’s Languages Caucus
In April, America’s Languages Caucus was relaunched with the addition of new House co-chair Representative Jen Kiggans (R-Virginia 2). First-term congresswoman Kiggans, who joined...
Student Protests Go Global
Contrary to some expectations, the global reaction to U.S. student protests against the war in Gaza has been largely positive with student groups in...
UK Report Advises International Student Cap
The number of international students in the UK should be capped and the graduate visa should be abolished immediately, according to a new report...
Nurturing Our Nation’s Multilingual Talent from Birth
Have you ever heard that children get confused when learning two languages? Sadly, many Latinos have heard this misconception, even though research shows the opposite.
Dual language learners are children who are learning two (or more) languages at the same time or are learning a second language while continuing to develop their home language. One in three children under...
Integrated English Language Development
Language development is a responsibility of all teachers, regardless of their assignment or content area. To meet content standards like the Common Core and...
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Teaching Cooperatively across Borders
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Implementing a Bilingual Authorization Program
In Fall 2022, Whittier College’s Teacher Education program launched their online bilingual authorization program (BILA). In year 1, the program was initially fully asynchronous, but after surveying BILA students mid-way through...
To Support the Science of Reading, Replace Disinformation with Collaboration
My first teaching job after earning a Master of Arts in teaching was at a...
Students at the Center
All educators are teachers of language—and engaging students in thinking about...
Acting UP
When I signed up for an improv theater class, I never thought to combine my...
Collaborative Planning: Never Having to Go It Alone
This experience gave me the opportunity to collaborate with colleagues I don’t usually get...
Breaking through Language Barriers
With about 7,200 students speaking 20 different languages, our district needs technology tools that support...
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New America and SEAL to Co-host Webinar about Science of Reading and ELs
Concerns have been raised that methodologies based on the Science of Reading may negatively impact English Learners (ELs).
On February 8, New America and SEAL will co-host a webinar that will unpack the relationship between the Science of Reading and ELs, including the misconceptions about this much debated topic, best practices for EL-identified students, and implications for dual language programs. The first panel of experts will discuss the policy implications...
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Science of Reading Bill Fails in California
California Assembly Bill 2222 (see April issue, p. 9: “California Bill Would Mandate Science of Reading”), which would have required teachers...
Science of Reading
To Support the Science of Reading, Replace Disinformation with Collaboration
My first teaching job after earning a Master of Arts in teaching was at a private school in Austin, Texas, for students with...
Science of Reading
California Bill Would Mandate Science of Reading
A newly introduced California Assembly bill would require the state’s teachers to be trained and reading to be taught only according to the principles of the Science of Reading. AB 2222, introduced by Assemblymember Blanca Rubio, a Democrat from...
Science of Reading
Small Investment Offers Big Literacy Gains
Research by Stanford University found that 75 of the lowest-performing California elementary schools that received funding from an out-of-court settlement made significant progress on third-grade state Smarter Balanced tests this year.
Major news outlets, including the Los Angeles Times,...
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Background Knowledge and Where to Get It
Stephen Krashen argues that those who read more know more
Wexler (2023) has pointed out that a reader’s background knowledge is a significant predictor of reading proficiency. She concluded that “greater background knowledge of the topic was correlated with...
Science of Reading
Listen to the Bilingual Science!
Two years ago, we (Dual Language Education of New Mexico’s professional development coordinators) outlined a framework for high-quality dual language education that...
Science of Reading
Building Biliteracy
Transfer is important in all learning, but it is especially important in language-learning contexts. The purpose of this paper is to present practical,...
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Laying Down the Law
Every few years, education bubbles up to the top of the political agenda in state capitols across the US and legislatures scramble to pass bills that seek to bind the state’s education policy to the prevailing political ideology. This...
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Ensuring Equity in Reading Instruction
Early one summer, my parents moved our family into a 900-square-foot house in the central part of town that would become home for...
