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Recognizing Language Disorders in Multilingual Children

Communication is a human right, in any and all languages. Children of all backgrounds start communicating from birth, though this communication looks and sounds...

Breaking Down the Monolingual Wall

There couldn’t be a better time...

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A Revised Composing Process

Remember during a test when you were staring at the ceiling in elementary school, and the teacher asked you if the answer was on...

Fostering Language and Literacy Development

Literacy is essential for success in school and in life beyond school. The ability to read and write well provides individuals with untold opportunities...

Literacy Education in 2023

If you were tasked to pick one word to guide your work as a literacy changemaker in the new year, what would it be?...

Centering on the Story: Putting Students First

As an educator and advocate, I’m continuously looking and listening for opportunities to welcome new voices and experiences as part of what I refer...

Declaring Literacy as a Fundamental and Global Civil Right

For decades, educators and parents have been fighting illiteracy. Research indicates that 95% of children can learn how to read with evidence-based instruction. However,...

Young Readers Struggle in Different Ways

Many children struggle to learn to read, and...

Can Teaching English Like Spanish Close the Achievement Gap?

If you have even a passing knowledge of Spanish, you know the ns in montaña are different. You can see it. But English isn’t...

Early Childhood Programs Failing English Learners

A policy brief from the Migration Policy...

The Role of Early Oral Language in Literacy Development

Supporting young children’s language and literacy development has...

Identifying Equitable Intervention for MLLs

For multilingual learners struggling academically or with social–emotional...

Multiliteracies and Multilingual Learners

Equipped with Miami Linguistic Readers, Camino de la Escuela, and my own ingenuity, my young multilingual learners and I dived into what we believed...

Supporting Our Youngest Dual Language Learners

California is home to more dual language learners (DLLs) than any other state, both in number and share. DLLs, or children learning English in...

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