Literacy/ESL

Framing Authentic Development in Spanish

As the number of multilingual learners continues to...

Breaking Down the Monolingual Wall

There couldn’t be a better time...

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...

Dyslexia Legislation Only Gets Us So Far

In October, education communities across the country recognized Dyslexia Awareness Month. The National Institute of Health and Yale University found approximately one in five...

No Benefit to Segregating English Learners

Grouping English learners (ELs) together in classrooms has...

The Art of Writing?

It’s been a rough few years for elementary teaching and learning. Concerns remain about the progress (or lack thereof) that US students are making...

Assessing Multilingual Learners’ Multiliteracies

"The notion of ‘multiliteracies’ describes the suite of essential skills students should possess in this globalized and digital age." Significance of Multiliteracies Today’s K–12 classrooms...

Background Knowledge and Where to Get It

Stephen Krashen argues that those who read more know more Wexler (2023) has pointed out that a reader’s background knowledge is a significant predictor...

The Promise of Automated Writing Evaluation for English Learners

Automated writing evaluation (AWE) encompasses a range of...

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...

I Teach Content in Secondary Schools. Do I Need to Teach...

Margarita Calderón, Leticia M. Trower, and Lisa Tartaglia...

Listen to the Bilingual Science!

Two years ago, we (Dual Language Education of...

Building Biliteracy

Transfer is important in all learning, but it...

Positioning Multilingual Learners for Success

When you were a young reader, did you connect with the books you read and...

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 at...

Designing Learning Ecologies

How did you spend much of 2020? Hours...

Creating a Community of Readers

Ruben Alejandro, superintendent of an economically challenged district,...

De Facto Bilingual Education

It has been hypothesized that successful bilingual...

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...
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