Celebrating National Library Week 2019
We are halfway through this year’s National Library week, and celebrations continue to take place in and about libraries across the country. National Library Week is an...
Black Dialects a Barrier to Justice
Write caption…Independence Hall, originally known as Pennsylvania State House is where the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence were signed, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,...
Bringing It All Together with a Master Plan
Joanna Duggan and Teddi Predaris examine the ten key components of an English learner master planImagine being the...
Teachers ‘Optimistic’ about English Learner Success
A new McGraw-Hill Education survey shows that while social and emotional learning challenges still present hurdles for English Learners (ELs), the state...
Delaware Doubles EL Funding
Delaware has more than doubled its spending to support English learner students (ELs), as well as those who come from low-income households,...
English Learners Succeeding in Math and STEM
The Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA) has released its third data story (“Academic Performance and Outcomes for English Learners,” www2.ed.gov/datastory/el-outcomes/index.html) about...
Two Teams Share $7M Adult Literacy XPRIZE
Learning Upgrade's AppXPRIZE, in partnership with the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy and the Dollar General Literacy Foundation, has announced two grand...
Bill May Relax AZ English Immersion
2/19/19 UPDATE: Arizona’s House Education Committee has unanimously approved HCR 2026, which would give Arizona voters the opportunity to repeal the state’s...
Preschool Reading Boosts Language Skills by Eight Months
Eight months is a big difference in language skills when you are looking at children aged under five.A new review of existing research finds that...
Recognizing Gifted English Learners
The National Center for Research on Gifted Education (NCREGE) has published a study, commissioned during the Obama administration, with funding from the U.S. Department...