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NIEA Calls for Action
‘Empowering tribes and Native communities is critical to providing our children with high-quality education. Passage of the Native CLASS Act is an important and much-needed step in that direction,’ says NIEA President Dr. Heather...
Stirring Up Passion
Alexandra Méndez advocates falling in love with language as the route to mastery
We do so many things halfway these days — or as one would say in Spanish, a medias. We half pay attention...
Bienvenido a Mexico
Despite the hype, Daniel Ward recommends two of the safest cities in North America for Spanish immersion
Having traveled to Mexico twice in the last six months with my wife and three young children,...
November 2012
Pursuing Happiness
As we enter the final throes of a presidential campaign that has focused largely on global economic issues, perhaps we should be concentrating on policies that will really make a difference to the...
November 2012
Improving Character Recognition in Chinese
Stephen Krashen argues that meaningful reading is the route to literacy, whatever the language
Accenting Improvements
Lois Spitzer examines the sensitive subject of accent modification
Stirring Up...
Tips From the Top
Margo Gottlieb offers tips for teachers and school leaders on how to integrate the Common Core standards and English Language Learners
“Minority babies are now majority in United States” proclaims the headline of the...
Confirming Your English Identity
Lisa Hagan takes the mystery out of biometric testing for international English language test takers
Recent television and radio coverage of situations in which international students without a basic grasp of English have been accepted...
March 2011
The Communication Revolution
As dictators topple across North Africa into the Middle East, and new uprisings coalesce on almost a daily basis, one of the most striking aspects of this new revolutionary wave is the...
July 2011
Blurring Subject Borders
Most of us have a tendency to compartmentalize whatever we can — slotting information, knowledge, experiences into a defined category makes it easier for us to cope with new information. However, we...
September 2011
Measures for Measures
When the consequences of test failure are school closures or firings, and schools are denied the tools to give them a chance of success, it is hardly surprising to discover widespread abuse...
