Tag: education
U.S. Judge Denies Right to Literacy
In Detroit last month, U.S. District Judge Stephen Murphy III asserted that, despite its importance, the U.S. Constitution does not guarantee a fundamental right...
Senate Bill Counts Coding for Language Requirement
At the end of last month, U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) introduced the Coding Opportunities and Development for Equitable Students...
Children of Immigrants Better Off in North America
According to a new comparison by the OECD, "entrenched disadvantage is less common among the children of immigrants in North America" than in Austria,...
Literacy as a 21st- Century Survival Skill
Brooke Foged and Jenny Hammock share their insights into fighting generational illiteracy with...
Early Language Key to School Success
Kim Echart of the University of Washington News reports on a new study...
New Literacy Program for Middle School & Up
The National Center for Education Statistics has found that approximately two-thirds of eighth-grade students in the U.S. cannot read proficiently (https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/pdf/coe_cnb.pdf), a figure that...
States’ Commitment to English Learners Examined
Two reports have been submitted to the U.S. Department of Education which examine the...
Early Language Key to School Success
Kim Echart of the University of Washington News reports on a new study which shows that early use of words and grammar determine...
The Future of Education is in Two Languages
Fabrice Jaumont is convinced that dual-language education should be the norm rather than the exception
Gregg Roberts once said that monolingualism is the illiteracy of...
The Eyes Tell All
MIT study shows eye movements reveal linguistic fluency
Tracing the eye movements of someone as they read in a second language may be able to...
