World Language News
U.S. Announces $37 Million Contribution to ‘Education Cannot Wait (ECW)’
Administrator Samantha Power announced the United States, through USAID and the U.S. Department of State, will contribute an additional $37 million to Education Cannot...
Rumi in the Language Classroom Vol 9: Over-Reliance on One Method
Rumi in the Language Classroom Vol 9
In the last volume of “Rumi in the Language Classroom”, the story of “a man and his cow”...
White House Officially Recognizes Indigenous Peoples Day
The Biden administration is the first to officially recognize Indigenous Peoples Day on October 11, 2021. The holiday, which coincides with Columbus Day, is...
School Districts Receive $20M in New Grants for World Languages
The Department of Defense Education Activity (DodEA) has named the recipients of nearly $20 million allocated for the inaugural World Language Advancement and Readiness...
Literacy
Celebrating Multilingual Learner Identity through Personal Narrative Instruction
The social isolation and countless hours of silent, independent assignments young linguistically diverse scholars have endured during the past year of online learning have...
Resources
Reading Programs
Although initial test data show that in fall of 2020, students in grades 3–8 performed similarly in reading to same-grade students in fall 2019,...
Back-to-School Guide Designed to Help Teachers Support SEL
Aperture Education has released a 2021 Back-to-School Guide designed to help teachers and administrators support students and families as schools resume. The Guide contains...
Language Is Limitless
We know the power of language. It can open doors for our students to the world, helping them to connect with new people, experience...
NABSE Launches Scholarship to Support Rising Black School District Leaders
The National Alliance of Black School Educators (NABSE) recently launched the 2021 NABSE $10,000 Scholarship Award to promote and increase Black representation at the...
Professional Development
Student Teaching in Spain in the Time of COVID
The European Quality Chart on Internships and Apprenticeships describes higher education and vocational school practices in participating companies and entities as a training-oriented component...
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