Tag: education
The Eyes Tell All
MIT study shows eye movements reveal linguistic fluency
Tracing the eye movements of someone as they read in a second language may be able to...
ELL/Spanish Specialist Appointed to Lead White House Hispanic Initiative
Aimee Viana has been appointed to the position of executive director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics (the Initiative).
According to...
Society-wide Benefits of DACA
According to a National Bureau of Economic Research working paper, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program has had a "significant impact" on...
Latvia Drops Russian High Schools
Last month, the Latvian Parliament (Saeima) passed amendments to its education laws according to which ethnic-minority schools will have to transition to Latvian-only secondary...
Advancing English Learner Equity in Math
Report Shows Promising Practices in California and Offers Key Recommendations
A new report from...
Lead with Languages & Get a Free Multilingual Baby Book
February 2018 is Lead with Languages Advocacy Month. Throughout this month, we will...
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,...
Babies’ Babbling Builds Better Brains
It's long been known that babies modify their sounds to become more speech-like in response to feedback from their caregivers, and that they learn...
Survey Demands More PD for EL Educators
According to the results of the 2017 EL Education Report, a new survey conducted by McGraw-Hill Education, 99% of respondents believe professional development for...