Film Aims to Revitalize Mixtec

Two Illinois State University students recently visited the town of San Sebastián del Monte, a small community in southern Mexico, to produce a documentary...

Arizona Opens Center for Linguistic Revitalization

A new center at the University of Arizona is one of only four designated by the US Department of Education to lead a collective...

Morocco Implements Amazigh for All

Moroccan minister of education and sports Chakib Benmoussa has provided updates on his government’s program to introduce Amazigh language curriculum in all of the...

AI Language models could help diagnose Schizophrenia

Scientists in England have developed a new, AI-based language tool that could help diagnose and assess psychiatric conditions including Schizophrenia. The research team from University...

English Boom in North Korea

In contrast to its open hostility toward the US, North Korea has been doubling down on English education in its public schools under the...

Research: Human brain processes native language in specific way, study finds

A new study by researchers from Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Carleton University has found the brain’s language network responds...

UN Celebrates Kiswahili

Last month, the United Nations celebrated the third annual World Kiswahili Day with events worldwide and a speech by UNESCO director-general Audrey Azoulay, who...

Spanish Meeting in Cataluña

The annual meeting of the directors of the Cervantes Institute was held last month in Barcelona’s iconic Saló de Cent. Although the focus was...

Decoding Dyslexia

Dyslexia Canada1 reports that as much as 20% of the population have a learning disability, and Dyslexia is not only the most common, affecting about 750,000 Canadians, it is also the most often misdiagnosed of these disabilities. This condition has no cure, no drug that can be taken, no surgery or operation can change or reverse it. The only...

Breaking Down the Monolingual Wall VII: Meeting the Needs of Linguistically Diverse Students

As the benefits of bilingualism and biliteracy become increasingly recognized, the demand for high-quality dual language (DL) and biliteracy programs has increased significantly (Howard...

Dual Language Expectations

In an increasingly globalized world, bilingualism has become more than a mere asset; it’s necessary. It has been estimated that more than half the...

Building Young Writers’ Stamina

You just finished a mini-lesson in your Spanish...

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Make a Plan for Oracy

Schools are placing a greater emphasis on foundational skills than ever before, and rightly so....

Implementing a Bilingual Authorization Program

In Fall 2022, Whittier College’s Teacher Education program launched their online...

To Support the Science of Reading, Replace Disinformation with Collaboration

My first teaching job after earning a Master of Arts in teaching was at a...

Students at the Center

All educators are teachers of language—and engaging students in thinking about...

Acting UP

When I signed up for an improv theater class, I never thought to combine my...

Scaffolding Success

One of the tools teachers of multilingual learners have at their disposal to move learning...

Collaborative Planning: Never Having to Go It Alone

This experience gave me the opportunity to collaborate with colleagues I don’t usually get...

Reading Foundations

Educators are often left unprepared to meet the unique...

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The Art of Writing?

It’s been a rough few years for elementary teaching and learning. Concerns remain about the progress (or lack thereof) that US students are making in literacy, and there’s no one cause hindering this progress. Many factors have contributed to lower test scores, from the amount of money individual districts...

Beyond the Myths of Literacy Curricula

When I set foot in my first kindergarten classroom more than 15 years ago, I quickly realized how many...

Reading Legislation Update

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Science of Reading Bill Fails in California

California Assembly Bill 2222 (see April issue, p. 9: “California Bill Would Mandate Science of Reading”), which would have required teachers...

To Support the Science of Reading, Replace Disinformation with Collaboration

My first teaching job after earning a Master of Arts in teaching was at a private school in Austin, Texas, for students with...

California Bill Would Mandate Science of Reading

A newly introduced California Assembly bill would require the state’s teachers to be trained and reading to be taught only according to the principles of the Science of Reading. AB 2222, introduced by Assemblymember Blanca Rubio, a Democrat from...

Small Investment Offers Big Literacy Gains

Research by Stanford University found that 75 of the lowest-performing California elementary schools that received funding from an out-of-court settlement made significant progress on third-grade state Smarter Balanced tests this year. Major news outlets, including the Los Angeles Times,...

Background Knowledge and Where to Get It

Stephen Krashen argues that those who read more know more Wexler (2023) has pointed out that a reader’s background knowledge is a significant predictor of reading proficiency. She concluded that “greater background knowledge of the topic was correlated with...

Listen to the Bilingual Science!

Two years ago, we (Dual Language Education of New Mexico’s professional development coordinators) outlined a framework for high-quality dual language education that...

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Ensuring Equity in Reading Instruction

Early one summer, my parents moved our family into a 900-square-foot house in the central part of town that would become home for...
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