Features
The Role of Equity in the Assessment of English Learners
Teresa Krastel argues for administering tests for ELs in their home languagescamp refugee, syrian girl showing one...
Arabic for America
In a highly globalized world, in which country borders are increasingly permeable and the migration and movement...
Online Chat with Purpose
Chita Espino-Bravo offers advice on teaching and assessing conversation in a Spanish virtual course
Box Tops for Education now offering an app
Box Tops for Education is now offering an app that allows users to scan their store receipts...
Literacy
New Media Literacy Resources Available Online
California reacts to the "fake" information crisisThe California Department of Education (CDE) has...
Help Your Students Slide Up, Not Down, Over the Summer
During the summer months, young children lose literacy gains made during ...
Connecting the Community
Tracey Smith makes integrating English language learners into her school’s community a lesson in empathy
Making Learning Come to Life
“Ultimately, the outcome of maker education and educational makerspaces leads to determination, independence, and creative problem...
World Language News
Experts Not Hopeful on Vietnam’s English Targets
Education experts are expressed concern that the targets set for Vietnam’s foreign language proficiency are set to...
Educating English Learners with Disabilities
California Department of Education (CDE) has released the much-anticipated “California Practitioners’ Guide for Educating English Learners with...
$2.5 Million Grant for University LCTL Programs
Michigan State University has been awarded a four-year, $2.5 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation...
Is the Internet Making Us Dumber? Lol, no.
Facebook posts and text messages are far from being bastions
of grammar. People’s communication online has an informal...
Resources
New Spanish Program for Early Grades
Alba y Gael is a new series from Difusion for grades 2–6, designed to comply with the...
Languages
Online Chat with Purpose
Chita Espino-Bravo offers advice on teaching and assessing conversation in a Spanish virtual course
Poll Finds out What Latino Voters Want in Presidential Candidate
UnidosUS, the United State’s largest nonprofit advocacy organization,
has recently released its 2020 National Latino Electorate Survey. The...
Destination Andalucía
Leanna Robinson rallies for Andalucía as a study abroad location for Spanish immersion
Macron Called to Protect French
In an open letter published in Le Parisien last month from the...
Professional Development
Poor Students, Rich Teaching
Solution Tree has released the revised edition of Eric Jensen’s best-selling book, Poor Students, Rich Teaching, along...
Corwin’s Five Recommendations for Building Professional Expertise
1. Tonya Ward Singer’s EL Excellence Every Day: The Flip-To Guide for Differentiating Academic LiteracyThis book has some...
Have Fun Learning
If kids are having fun while learning a language, it is much more likely they will enjoy...
Personalize Literacy and Language Instruction with OverDrive E-Books and Audiobooks
OverDrive offers teachers an ever-growing collection of tools for literacy and language instruction and access to an...
Spanish Resources
Some free online resources for Spanish teachers
Teachers’ blogs:
Miscositas www.miscositas.com Lori Langer de Ramirez offers a plethora of resources for Spanish teachers: Thematic curriculum units with...