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In Search of Duende
Daniel Ward believes that flamenco is key to understanding the passion of Spanish
Merriam-Webster defines duende as “the power to attract through personal magnetism and charm,” but to flamenco aficionados it means so...
Some Words for Bullying
California’s Poet Laureate is reminded of his own sorrow as an English learner by a recent tragedy and confronts bullying with verse
Poet Juan Felipe Herrera watched the news broadcast in dismay. Another child lost,...
Dot Ur Ize
Margarita Melendez suggests resources for teaching writing in the Digital Age
“Writing today,” say the authors of the book Because Digital Writing Matters (National Writing Project, with Dànielle Nicole DeVoss, Elyse Eidman-Aadahl, and Troy...
Sharing the Story
Ayanna Cooper encourages enhancing, embedding and embracing Black History Month
What started out as “Negro History Week” during the second week of February in 1926 grew into “Black History Month” by 1970. Negro History Week...
U.S. 4th Grade Reading Among Best in World
U.S. 4th Grade Reading Among Best in World
Maybe our schools are better than we are being led to believe! Results of the 2011 PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Literacy Study) show that the only...
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,...
Making Dreams Come True
Tim Conrad on counseling DREAM Act students
Do you remember your school days reciting poetry, your ABCs, or The Pledge of Allegiance? I’ll never forget my Box Elder High School teacher requiring us to choose...
How Humans Write
Language Magazine offers a roundup of some of the most interesting products that can aid teachers in the instruction of writing
Teaching students how to write may well be the most valuable lesson that educators...
The Secret of Mayan Success
Kristal Bivona catches a glimpse of Mayan language preservation in Quintana Roo, Mexico
Around the world, people are looking to the Mayan calendar for keys to the future of the planet and the mysterious changes...
