US Spanish Fact-Checking Site Launches
Poynter’s PolitiFact, the Pulitzer Prize–winning fact-checking newsroom, has launched a new Spanish-language experience, PolitiFact en Español (www.politifact.com/espanol), to help more than 40 million Spanish...
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Connecticut to Require Science of Reading
Connecticut has become the latest state to pass legislation requiring that reading instruction be based on the science of reading. According to the state’s...
U.S. Department of Education Focuses on Equity
Last month, the U.S. Department of Education held the first installment of its Equity Summit Series, “Building Equitable Learning Environments in Our Schools.” The...
Adults CAN Learn New Languages Quickly
Contrary to one of the most-cited studies in the field, a new research paper from University of Kansas (KU) linguists shows that even as...
Losing Languages Means Losing Remedies
The media frequently discusses language decline in terms of numbers alone—many of us have likely heard the oft-cited statistic that one language goes extinct...
No Downside for Bilingual Kids
A first-of-its kind study in U.S.-born children from Spanish-speaking families has found that minority language exposure does not threaten the acquisition of English by...
Taking Digital Communication to Heart
As pandemic-induced school shutdowns have accelerated remote learning, the importance of personal connections between students, their teachers, aides, mentors, and peers has become a...
Transforming Reading Instruction
1. Millions of people, including me, learned to read with the help of Reading Mastery. Why change such a successful product? Although Reading Mastery...
Rumi in the Language Classroom Vol 7: Operational Definition
Rumi in the Language Classroom Vol 7
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Words Matter – The Case for Shifting to “Emergent Bilingual”
Throughout IDRA’s almost five decades, we have paid close attention to how we speak about people in terms of race or ethnicity, gender, etc....
Linguistic Diversity Declines in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea—frequently heralded as the most linguistically diverse place in the entire world—is in the middle of a language crisis. According to a...
French to Lead During France’s EU Presidency
The French language is poised to become the main language of the European Union’s (EU’s) meetings, notes, and debates during France’s presidency of the...
Michigan Moves on Preschool for All
As President Biden’s American Families Plan meets opposition in Congress, Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer is moving forward with a $400 million dollar plan to...
