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Iowa Gives Every G1 Student Decodable Books

Governor Kim Reynolds and the Iowa Department of Education have announced a statewide investment of over $3.5 million to provide every first-grade student with...

MA Court Could Rule on Science of Reading

A lawsuit seeking class action status has been filed in the Massachusetts Superior Court against famed literacy experts Lucy Calkins, Irene Fountas, and Gay...

Spanish to Exceed 600M Speakers This Year

The Instituto Cervantes has launched its latest yearbook, Spanish in the World 2024, with the most up-to-date statistics on the language’s international presence and...

Forging Language Futures

A year ago, the Modern Language Association (MLA) delivered sobering news about the state of language study in higher education, along with valuable insights...

Crackdown on ‘Unauthorized’ Chinese

China’s internet regulator has launched a campaign to crack down on “unauthorized” use of language online, in a move experts say is a bid...

Congress Defers FY25 Language Education Funding Decisions

In late September, Congress...

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Michigan Implements New Literacy/Dyslexia Bills Two new...

Bilingualism Makes the Brain More Efficient

Neuroplasticity is the brain’s ability to build...

Kickstarting Newcomer Progress with Literacy Platform

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Throughout the 2021–22 school year, our schools implemented a specialized literacy platform to provide additional support, guidance, and motivation for English language learners (ELLs) in the classroom, with a particular focus on newcomers. This initiative aimed to help these students navigate the dual challenges of learning English and improving their reading skills. The students were very enthusiastic about it, prompting...
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Addressing the US Shortage of Bilingual School Psychologists

Picture a school where nearly half the students speak a language other than English at home. Now imagine there’s only one psychologist available—and they...

Leading with a Culture of Caring

When Francisco Lopez was twelve, he and his parents moved from Santiago, Brazil, to a small town in Massachusetts, where his father began working...

An Unexpected Powerhouse

North Carolina’s impressive climb to fifth in the nation for dual language immersion (DLI) programs is more than just a ranking—it’s also a reflection...

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Kickstarting Newcomer Progress with Literacy Platform

Throughout the 2021–22 school year, our schools implemented a specialized literacy platform to provide additional support, guidance, and motivation for English language learners (ELLs) in the classroom, with a particular focus...

Applied Peace Linguistics

As a language learner, how often do you reflect critically on your psycho-social purposes for learning? As a language user, how often do you consider the impact of your expression and...

Leadership: Pivoting to Progress

Teachers are often drawn to education in hopes of exercising their creative freedom to make...

Mainstreaming Multilingualism

As ever, an influx of diverse learners is entering the K–12...

Make a Plan for Oracy

Schools are placing a greater emphasis on foundational skills than ever before, and rightly so....

Implementing a Bilingual Authorization Program

In Fall 2022, Whittier College’s Teacher Education program launched their online...

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...

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The Art of Writing?

It’s been a rough few years for elementary teaching and learning. Concerns remain about the progress (or lack thereof) that US students are making in literacy, and there’s no one cause hindering this progress. Many factors have contributed to lower test scores, from the amount of money individual districts...
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A Comprehensive Language-Based Literacy Framework

In this article, we provide a response to the article published in Language Magazine on Oct. 2, 2024, in which authors Jennifer Pendergrass, Tabatha Tierce, and David L. Chiesa were critiquing the WIDA ELD Standards for not being aligned...
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Say What?

When we read, we are reading language. Thus, a strong foundation in oral language is essential to reading comprehension. The research base...
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Bridging WIDA and the Science of Reading in ESOL Programs

Click here to read WIDA's response to this article To download the full white paper, visit https://www.languagemagazine.com/the-struggle-with-aligning-wida-based-esol-programs-to-the-science-of-reading-a-call-to-action-for-wida/ A district reading specialist...
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Bilingualism under threat: structured literacy will make it harder for children to hold on to their mother tongue

International Viewpoint: NEW ZEALAND From the beginning of the 2025 school year, all schools will be required to use structured literacy – also known as “phonics” or the “science of reading” – to teach children how to read. But the...
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Beyond the Myths of Literacy Curricula

When I set foot in my first kindergarten classroom more than 15 years ago, I quickly realized how many...
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Reading Legislation Update

OHIO The Ohio House Higher Education Committee...
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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...
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To Support the Science of Reading, Replace Disinformation with Collaboration

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