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Grammar Aids Early Vocab Building

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...

Tailor Learning to Students’ Interests

A recent study from the McGovern Institute for Brain Research, which appears in Imaging Neuroscience, shows how interests can modulate language processing in children’s...

Colorado Assesses Multilingual Learners

Early this month, the Colorado Department of Education is presenting a “state of the state on multilingual learners” (MLLs)—a sign of more focus on...

AI Biased by User Language

A new study, “How User Language Affects Conflict Fatality Estimates in ChatGPT,” published in Journal of Peace, suggests that the language used to ask...

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...

Forging Language Futures

A year ago, the...

Yes, Structured Literacy and Multilingualism Go Together

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Literacy is foundational—not only for academic success but as a fundamental skill for navigating life. Yet literacy rates in the US paint a troubling picture: about 21% of adults are illiterate, and 54% read below a sixth-grade level, with 45 million Americans considered functionally illiterate. This urgent reality calls for evidence-based literacy practices, like explicit foundational skills and vocabulary...
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Indiana Saves Seal of Biliteracy Program

Under pressure from language learning advocates, Rep. Robert Behning, the Chairman of Indiana’s House Education Committee, has introduced an amendment to his own bill...

Visions for 2025: Getting Future Ready

Career exploration and exposure to real-world experiences are essential in today’s education for students in K–12 as they consider postsecondary and career opportunities after...

Visions for 2025: Multilingual Experiences Matter

Walk into any classroom in the US, you’ll likely encounter students who speak a language other than English at home, who might have learned...

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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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Visions for 2025: Multilingual Experiences Matter

Walk into any classroom in the US, you’ll likely encounter students who speak a language other than English at home, who might have learned to read in another language before coming to school, or who are learning to read...
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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

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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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