Tag: literacy
House Passes Biliteracy Education Seal and Teaching Act
This week, the House of Representatives approved an amendment to the FY23 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that authorizes the Biliteracy Education and Seal Teaching...
Unifying Language Acquisition with Literacy Instruction for Language-Minority Students
Lexia Learning, a company specializing in structured literacy, recently convened a roundtable on a subject that has been...
A Road to Reading
We have learned the past 20 years, through cognitive science research, that over 90% of students can learn to read at grade level by...
Motivate Readers Now!
No one disputes the benefits of extensive reading (ER) for students of English. There is a substantial body of evidence supporting using graded readers...
Queering English Language Classrooms
(June 2022) Ethan Trinh invites us to think and do differently
Literacy in Spanish and English
Building early literacy skills is imperative for all...
Naps May Boost Early Literacy
The ability to map letters to sounds is considered an important indicator of early literacy skills....
A Superpower Hidden in Plain Sight
How can educators ensure that emerging bilingual students are well served in their schools, and how can we as educators foster linguistic...
Campus Talk
Dushku, S., & Thompson, P. (2021). Campus Talk: Effective Communication Beyond the Classroom. Edinburgh University Press.
It is difficult to find a truly all-in-one textbook...
EdShed Literacy Resources
Spelling Shed offers teachers with a fun way to deliver weekly spelling tests and a variety of activities for students to practice their words,...
