Tag: language
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...
Challenging the Neutrality Myth of EdTech
Media technology has been introduced into classrooms at least since the time of educational filmstrips. Later, private media companies began providing schools with “free”...
‘Teachers at the Heart of Education Recovery’
October 5 is World Teacher's Day and this year's theme is "Teachers at the heart of education recovery." The day commemorates the anniversary of...
Access and Equity through Clear Communication
Unclear, overly complex, or specialized language use can impede communication in a variety of societal contexts. It can limit accessibility to critically important government...
Breaking through Language Barriers
With about 7,200 students speaking 20 different languages,...
Reading Is the Answer
COVID-19 Impacts Children’s Literacy For the past year and a half, instead of heading to the school bus stop and socializing before classes, students...
Is Planning Key to Task-Based Learning?
There is a general assumption by researchers and educators that learning after performing an action—i.e., enactment—creates better memory of the action, as compared to...
