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Celebrate English & Spanish Language Days at the UN

On April 23, the "Spanish Language Day at the United Nations" is celebrated to raise awareness among the staff of the Organization, and the...

Congolese Bishops Condemn Discrimination Against Swahili Speakers

Rapidly advancing rebels in the mineral-rich eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are contributing to escalating violence and tensions across the...

California Education Chief Challenges ICE in Schools, Promotes Dual Language Programs

California state superintendent for education Tony Thurmond has...

Wisconsin Awaits $50 Million for Reading

Back in 2023, $50 million was allocated to fund mandated changes to how Wisconsin children learn to read, but the funds have never been...

Federal Funding Tied to DEI Suppression

The Trump administration is requiring K–12 schools to certify that they are following federal civil rights laws and ending any discriminatory diversity, equity, and...

House Bill Would Boost World Language Programs

At the end of last month, Representatives Jen Kiggans (R-Virginia) and Jimmy Panetta (D-California) formally reintroduced the World Language Education Assistance Program (World LEAP)...

Federal Bill Introduced to Promote Bilingual Proficiency & Employability

Last month, Congresswoman Julia Brownley (D-California) announced...

English 3D Updates for Early Learners

Designed by Dr. Kate Kinsella, English 3D is an explicit and interactive English language development program for multilingual learners in grades K–12. The curriculum...

The Legacy and Tensions of the Lau Decision

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Last year we celebrated the 50th anniversary of a milestone US Supreme Court ruling, Lau v. Nichols (1974), which set the groundwork for equitable learning opportunities for students designated at the time as limited English proficient (and who are now referred to as English learners (ELs) at the federal level). The Lau decision in tandem with the Equal Educational...
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US Restores Status for International Students

Move reassures students, educators, and families The US administration said that it is restoring the previously terminated legal status of hundreds of international students currently...

House Bill Would Boost World Language Programs

At the end of last month, Representatives Jen Kiggans (R-Virginia) and Jimmy Panetta (D-California) formally reintroduced the World Language Education Assistance Program (World LEAP)...

The Krashen-Ashtari Karass Hypothesis

“We Bokononists believe that humanity is organized into teams, teams that do God’s Will without ever discovering what they are doing. Such a team...

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What is Academic Language?

The term academic language has been used a lot in the field of English...

Collaboration Is Key to Successful UDL Implementation

In our first article in this series, the universal design for learning (UDL) principles (CAST,...

Working Toward Linguistic Liberation

Lesson planning is a political act. As previously stated in the Language Magazine article “Content, Language, and Culture Targets” (Medina, 2023), schools in the US, at the core, are designed to...

Rigorous Teaching and Learning

You know it when you see it” is an axiom that has been applied...

Kickstarting Newcomer Progress with Literacy Platform

Throughout the 2021–22 school year, our schools implemented a specialized literacy platform to provide additional support, guidance, and motivation for English language learners (ELLs) in the classroom, with a particular focus...

Applied Peace Linguistics

As a language learner, how often do you reflect critically on your psycho-social purposes for learning? As a language user, how often do you consider the impact of your expression and...

Leadership: Pivoting to Progress

Teachers are often drawn to education in hopes of exercising their creative freedom to make...

Mainstreaming Multilingualism

As ever, an influx of diverse learners is entering the K–12 system, and the urgency...

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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...
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Reading Legislation Update

Iowa Gives Every G1 Student Decodable Books Gov....
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Visions for 2025: Multilingual Experiences Matter

Walk into any classroom in the US, you’ll likely encounter students who speak a language other than English at...
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A Comprehensive Language-Based Literacy Framework

In this article, we provide a response to the article published in Language Magazine on Oct. 2, 2024, in which authors Jennifer Pendergrass, Tabatha Tierce, and David L. Chiesa were critiquing the WIDA ELD Standards for not being aligned...
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Say What?

When we read, we are reading language. Thus, a strong foundation in oral language is essential to reading comprehension. The research base...
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Bridging WIDA and the Science of Reading in ESOL Programs

Click here to read WIDA's response to this article To download the full white paper, visit https://languagemagazine.com/the-struggle-with-aligning-wida-based-esol-programs-to-the-science-of-reading-a-call-to-action-for-wida/ A district reading specialist...
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Bilingualism under threat: structured literacy will make it harder for children to hold on to their mother tongue

International Viewpoint: NEW ZEALAND From the beginning of the 2025 school year, all schools will be required to use structured literacy – also known as “phonics” or the “science of reading” – to teach children how to read. But the...
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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...
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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...

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Fostering Community and Belonging

At the close of 2024, the Haitian Creole Language and Culture Program that I founded at the end of 2023 in Indianapolis, capital of the great state of Indiana, entered its second phase with a new wave of excitement...

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