She was previously a Spanish teacher, but took a new role teaching children the English language. More than half of 2,500 students in the small Russellville city school district identify as ...

This legacy makes her poems a rich resource for teaching kids about Black history. Angelou’s poetry, characterized by its unique rhythm and powerful imagery can be a gateway to understanding the ...

He also chaired the National Literacy Panel for Language Minority Children and Youth and co-edited the resulting 2006 report on teaching reading and writing to students who are learning English as a .

Controversies over how best to teach children to read go back many years. Most recently, two questions have emerged that leave teachers of English learners puzzled: First, does research on reading, ...

Teaching about the racial history of America does not involve blaming white kids for historical injustice. It’s presented to make them aware of the past so we don’t repeat it, exactly why we ...

(Sofia Victoria Roman ) Perspective by Courtland Milloy In her cultural workshops for children ... music also provide a good front door for teaching history, which she does with the flair of ...

Understanding the history of the English language is essential ... stage a similar revolt that recognizes that teaching math should include having children memorize addition and multiplication ...

Fields once wide open to English majors — teaching, academia ... can’t read within context or grasp the concept of history. But kids adopt the blinkered veil of presentism — the tendency ...

Only about one-third of elementary school students in the U.S. are reading at grade level, according to the recent National Assessment of Educational Progress. In response, many schools are ...

This northern Alabama community with large numbers of Hispanic immigrants is using federal COVID-19 relief money for an experiment to serve students who are still learning English. They are hiring ...