Literacy/ESL
GAO Reports on Mitigating Learning Loss for ELs
While the pandemic presented obstacles for many students during the 2020–21 school year, the federal General Accounting Office’s (GAO’s) nationwide survey of public K–12...
Positioning Multilingual Learners for Success
When you were a young reader, did you connect with the books you read and stories you heard? Did you find yourself between the...
Clarifying the Science of Reading
For at least a half-century, there has been a great deal of discussion about how children learn to read. While policymakers, curriculum developers, educational...
English Literacy for Multilingual Learners: Voices from the Field
Moving at the Speed of Light
Literacy is...
Creating a Community of Readers
Ruben Alejandro, superintendent of an economically challenged district,...
Study Shows Brain’s Innate Capacity for Reading
The human brain is predisposed to visualizing words, even before individuals acquire literacy, according to a team of...
The Case for Acquired Phonics
Researchers in second language acquisition have hypothesized that there are two very different ways of gaining knowledge of language: acquisition and learning. Learning results...
Telling Our Own Tales
“When we use story to help students tell their own narratives, literacy roadblocks and anxieties dissolve for even the most hesitant of learners and...
2030 NAEP Writing Assessment Recommendations
To support multilingual learners of English (MLEs),...
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,...
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...
