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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...
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,...
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...
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...
Moving to Shift Pedagogic Mountains
Reyes Quezada and Cristina Alfaro stress the importance of developing culturally and linguistically proficient biliteracy teachers for the new generation of ELLs
In order to...
Bilingualism Benefits Low-income Children
In a study published in Psychological Science, the journal of the Association for Psychological Science, Pascale Engel de Abreu of the University of Luxembourg...
Accelerator Aims to Close Global Literacy Gap with Project Literacy
Literacy rates have not improved in over 15 years, costing the world $1.19 trillion a year and leaving over 750 million people worldwide unable...
Growing Gains
Diane Glass explains why measuring reading growth should be a top priority for educators
The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are transforming the way that...
