Tag: education
Cutting to the Common Core: Changing the Playing Field 2
In the second installment of a two-part article, Jeff Zwiers, Susan O’Hara, and Robert Pritchard present essential shifts for teaching Common Core Standards to...
Let Learning Emerge
Diane Larsen-Freeman applies lessons from complexity theory to language education
Complexity theory (CT) deals with complex, dynamic, and nonlinear systems. When I first encountered...
California Bill to Support Multilingual Education
Senator Ricardo Lara (D-Long Beach/Huntington Park) announced legislation that would enable California’s public schools to provide multilingual instruction, granting more students access to valuable...
Cutting to the Common Core: Academic Language Development Network
Susan O’Hara, Jeff Zwiers, and Robert Pritchard explain the mission of the Academic Language Development Network
The Academic Language Development Network (http://aldnetwork.org) is a...
U.S. Education Department ‘Failing English Learners’
U.S. students who speak a language other than English at home and are still learning English have received scant support from the federal Department...
Making Education More Than a Grade
Anne Paonessa assesses the impact of service learning on English language learners
While the current focus in our field is on increased academic vocabulary...
World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) Award Deadline
The deadline for submissions for the 2014 WISE Awards is 13.00 GMT January 15, 2014. Six innovative educational projects will be awarded $20,000 each...
Principals Still to Integrate Common Core for ELLs
According to a survey of more than a thousand elementary and middle school principals, over 70% have not taken action to integrate the Common...
US Education Secretary Supports Languages for All
"Today, a nation's prosperity depends on its people's ability to thrive in the global marketplace. This is true for the U.S. and for our...
Celebrate International Education Week by Applying for High School Study Abroad...
The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs sponsors many programs that are now accepting applications for scholarships that provide American...
