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Digital Media Can Boost Literacy

Technology and the amount of information it provides us is deepening the divide between the haves and the have-nots in terms of education. As...

Is Kindergarten too Early for Literacy?

The Common Core State Standards require that kindergarteners have the ability to read emergent texts with purpose and understanding. Kindergarten literacy standards are controversial...

New Standards for Short-Term TESOL Programs

In response to the proliferation of short-term TESOL certificate programs around the world,...

October 2015

B.O.O.S.T. Your Instruction! Anne Paonessa finds ways to make the most of class contact time Sisters Are Doin’ It for Themselves Kristal Bivona on how increased...

Investing in Teachers instead of Prisons

Education Secretary Arne Duncan delivered a stirring speech at the National Press Club that was particularly relevant for minority and English learner students "I agree with...

Building to Code

Virginia “Jenny” Williams uses assessment and scaffolding to support the five stages of second-language acquisition Academic language is a necessity to convey mastery of academic...

The Home Run Book Experience

Vinnie Jordan Henkin and Stephen Krashen chronicle the Naruto Breakthrough: How the discovery of manga books was a catalyst in the English language development...

Namer of Thrones

Game of Thrones’ language creator, David J. Peterson, details his extraordinary career as Hollywood’s linguist-in-chief Best known for creating the fictional languages for hit series...

September 2015

Namer of Thrones Game of Thrones’ language creator, David J. Peterson, details his extraordinary career as Hollywood’s linguist-in-chief Building to Code Virginia “Jenny” Williams...

California Supports Leaders in ELL Education

The 2014 California Language Census found that over 22% of California public school students are English language learners (ELLs) and over 43% speak a...

Making Words Dance

Kwame Alexander and Chris Colderley explain why we need to read and write more poetry in (and outside of) the classroom I tried to do...

Four Years to English Proficiency

Study Finds English Learners in Seattle-Area Elementary Schools Successfully Reach Language and Literacy Targets in Nearly Four Years A new Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Northwest...

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