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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...

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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...

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A Comprehensive Language-Based Literacy Framework

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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...

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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 in more than one language in their classroom. Regardless of the language of the teacher, multilingual learners, including 10% students who are categorized as English Learners (Center for Educational Statistics,...
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Bridging WIDA and the Science of Reading in ESOL Programs

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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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