Sharing Selfie Improvement
Outside singles competitions—say, in tennis or the shot put or figure skating—there are very few truly individual athletes. And even for those athletes, odds are they’re not...
Oct. 5 is #WorldTeachersDay
October 5 is World Teachers' Day and this year the theme is "Young Teachers: The Future of the Profession." The following is an excerpt from a...
Meeting Teachers’ Needs to Help Dyslexic Students Succeed
The beginning of a new year always brings new education policies and strategies. U.S. educators currently find themselves in a rapidly changing time for dyslexia legislation, and...
Intercultural Mediation
How shall I talk of the sea to the frog,if it has never left its pond?How shall I talk of the frost to the bird of the...
Radical Re-Thinking Required
According to the Migration Policy Institute, the U.S. meets the educational needs of less than 4% of its adult immigrant population—more than 20...
A Biography of the American Public Library
American public libraries have long been a gathering place for communities across the nation, but they haven't always been welcoming to women...
Measuring Expressionism
Can a computerized assessment measure expressive language skills? This is an important question, since the ability to express ideas is one of...
Testing Benefits
If you are an educator, chances are that you have had or will have a student who is learning English as an additional language. Some of these...
Speaking by Numbers
Martha Edelson and Lori Langer de Ramirez share the consequences of motivation and affect in teaching middle school world languages and math As...
The Role of Equity in the Assessment of English Learners
Teresa Krastel argues for administering tests for ELs in their home languages camp refugee, syrian girl showing one eye, closing mouth Imagine you and a...