Features
Breaking the Math Language Barrier
How many teachers have overheard a frustrated student, after grappling with a concept such as adding fractions or solving algebraic equations, declare: “I’m just...
Is It Time for Us All to Learn English?
An awakening is happening in the business world in terms of language training. Companies are beginning to invest in training which helps the monolingual...
Literacy
Recommendations for Long-Term English Learners
Ten years after their groundbreaking publication Reparable Harm called attention to California’s long-term English learners (LTELs), Californians Together has released Renewing Our Promise, a...
Literacy in Spanish and English
Building early literacy skills is imperative for all students, especially the five million English learners (ELs) being educated in today’s public schools. The mastery...
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...
World Language News
Gen Z Preferences for Post-Pandemic International Study
Gen Z international students are shifting their focus from rankings to degree outcomes when applying to universities, a global survey by INTO University Partnerships...
Puerto Rican Writer Braschi Wins Spanish Award
The North American Academy of the Spanish Language (ANLE) has bestowed its 2022 Enrique Anderson Imbert Award upon the renowned Puerto Rican writer Giannina...
Learn Local, Think Global
Our concept of global education needs to...
New Key to Fluctuating Language Ability?
For years, the brain has been thought of as a biological computer that processes information through traditional circuits, whereby data zips straight from one...
Resources
Renaissance Launches Art Contest to Honor Bilingualism in America
Renaissance today launched the “Shine a Light on Bilingualism” art contest to celebrate Hispanic culture and bilingualism.
All students in grades K–12 are invited to...
Languages
Is It Time for Us All to Learn English?
An awakening is happening in the business world in terms of language training. Companies are beginning to invest in training which helps the monolingual...
Cervantes Extends Spanish in India
The Cervantes Institute is opening its first satellite center in India in Bangalore, a city of more than eight million people which is considered...
Plan to Promote French across Canada
The government of Québec is proposing the celebration of an annual Francophonie Day as part of a three-year plan to reinforce French across the...
Cuba Introduces Secondary Chinese
Over 100 seventh graders from Fructuoso Rodríguez school in the central Havana district of Plaza de la Revolución will start Chinese classes during the...
Professional Development
What We Say and How We Say It
Even behind masks or through a screen, the language that educators use is one of the most powerful tools available to build...
Rebound: Turning Our Attention to Acceleration
Pandemic teaching was hard. It stretched and pulled us. We worried about our students and their...
State Teaching Certification
Elementary and secondary school teachers in most...
Practical PD
In the midst of the pandemic, teachers are stretched incredibly thin. In addition, districts are taxed with extra time spent on contact tracing and...