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...
Creating a Community of Readers
Ruben Alejandro, superintendent of an economically challenged district, shares his secrets for getting students—and their parents—reading.
I was born...
Reading Materials
World Of Reading
For over 30 years, World of Reading has offered readers in a variety of languages from publishers worldwide—from Albanian to Vietnamese books. They have readers for preschool, elementary, middle and high school,...
De Facto Bilingual Education
It has been hypothesized that successful bilingual education rests on three pillars (Krashen, 1996):
Pillar 1: Helping children...
Colombia, Tierra Querida
In my experience, Colombia is among the most misunderstood Spanish-speaking countries. Until the wonderful recent Disney film Encanto, most of what we have heard about Colombia in the US has involved drug trafficking or...
Content, Language, and Culture Learning Targets
Lesson planning is a political act. Schools in the US, at the core, are designed to promote a...
Be the Advocate for the Silent
English learners tend to become another silent statistic. Teachers can be advocates for these students, who tend to...
How to Pass High School Mandarin
Larry grew up in the US. His parents were from Cantonese-speaking areas, and both are highly educated and...
French around the World and Right Here
While you may know that French is spoken by 300 million people around the world and by 2 million people at their homes in the US, and that much of what is now the...