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Great Teachers Aren’t Born, They’re Taught
Mary Thrond explores trends in world language development for teachers (Teaching Works, University of Michigan, www.teachingworks.org)
Commissioned by a bipartisan group of members of Congress...
Bill in Congress Aims to Help ELL Teacher Shortage
The Reaching English Learners Act has been introduced in Congress in hopes of creating a solution to the national shortage of ELL teachers. The...
What’s Hot in Literacy
Mother-tongue literacy, access, and equity under-recognized
A new report released by the International Literacy Association (ILA) reveals wide gaps between what’s truly valuable to educators...
Re-Gifted Reading
Stephen Krashen finds an easy way to help close the achievement gap in literacy and clean up clutter at the same time
There is overwhelming...
Empowering English Learners as Assets
Johanna Even and Mawi Asgedom help us empower English learners through an
asset-based mindset
A refugee from Ethiopia has just joined your first-grade class. During the first...
Updated Federal Data on English Learners
The U.S. Department of Education launched a new interactive web page dedicated to data on English Learner students (ELs). The site uses colorful maps,...
Cutting to the Common Core: Disrupting Discourse
Kate Kinsella recommends launching an Academic Language Campaign to prepare diverse learners for the Common Core State Standards
The Common Core State Standards (CCSS, 2010)...
Transitioning Adult ESL Students to College
Lijun Shen demonstrates strategies to address the different needs of college-bound adult English learners
Many adult learners who study English as a Second Language (ESL)...
Comparing Child Languages
Clifton Pye suggests a comprehensive approach to crosslinguistic research
At the dawn of the modern linguistic era, Noam Chomsky stated that the central problem for linguistic theory...
Making Hindi Official at the UN
The Indian government is prepared to spend up to four billion rupees ($63 million) to make Hindi one of the official languages of the...
Cutting to the Common Core: Fostering Academic Interaction
Kate Kinsella offers an action plan to encourage second language learners to participate in constructive classroom discussion
A primary goal of English language development and...
Bilingualism May Counteract Autism
According to a new study published in Child Development, bilingual children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) are better at switching from one task to...
