Clarifying the Science of Reading
For at least a half-century, there has been a great deal of discussion about how children learn to read. While policymakers, curriculum developers, educational leaders, and those in the media have been using this...
Taking a Stand!
In 1974 the Lau v. Nichols Supreme Court decision stated: “There is no equality of treatment merely by providing students with the same facilities, textbooks, teachers and curriculum… for students who do not understand...
English Literacy for Multilingual Learners: Voices from the Field
Moving at the Speed of Light
Literacy is at the heart of the educational enterprise. It is therefore not surprising that researchers, teachers, parents, and policymakers are highly invested in ensuring that all children grow...
UN Spanish Language Day 2023
The 23rd of April was observed as Spanish Language Day, officially designated by UNESCO in 2010. Celebrations acknowledge Spanish as an official and intercontinental language, along with its surrounding history and culture.
Originally celebrated on...
Conversation Starters
Your students, invigorated by your passion for learning a foreign language and developing cultural competency, move to the foreign country where their target language is spoken, live and study in full immersion, achieve fluency...
An Adaptive Approach to Instruction
It’s impossible to deny that technology has ushered in a plethora of language-learning options that learners can access from the comfort of their own homes. Many of these options come in the form of...
Tutors of Choice
When we decided to choose a tutoring partner, our students were just returning to campus after learning remotely...
Scaffolding Success
One of the tools teachers of multilingual learners have at their disposal to move learning forward for their students is scaffolding. The term has been around a long...
Designing Learning Ecologies
How did you spend much of 2020? Hours online? And then came 2021, being both easier and more...
Why Focus on Monolingual Solutions to Improve Biliterate Reading?
Most dual language programs across the country have felt the increased focus and attention on the teaching of...