Tuesday, July 7 will mark the fifth commemoration of World Kiswahili Language Day. Kiswahili is one of the most widely spoken languages in Africa and the world. With over 200 million speakers, ...

Young children only have to hear more than one language spoken at home to become better communicators, a new study from University of Chicago psychologists finds. Researchers discovered that children ...

As the Science of Reading (SoR) gains traction across states, schools, and teacher preparation programs, a pressing question has emerged: How well does the SoR framework serve multilingual learners ...

Career and technical education, commonly referred to as career-tech ed or CTE, encompasses a wide array of industry-specific classes designed to enable high school students to explore career options ...

Whenever we hear an educator begin a statement with the words “Research says…,” we must attend with caution. This is because what is said is an interpretation or a translation of research. The ...

A new study by researchers from Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Carleton University has found the brain’s language network responds differently to a native ...

Throughout IDRA’s almost five decades, we have paid close attention to how we speak about people in terms of race or ethnicity, gender, etc. Words matter. Almost 5 million students in U.S. public ...

In our increasingly diverse and global society, many students are in classrooms receiving instruction in a language that is not their primary language and engaging in new situations with unfamiliar ...

The body of research known as science of reading (SoR) is widely acknowledged among experts as both theoretically and empirically superior to other conceptions of literacy development (Rayner et al., ...

During the past decade, interpreter and translator services have soared across public and public charter schools in the US. A primary reason for this dramatic increase is the “Dear Colleague” letter ...

In the UK’s South West, efforts to revitalize Cornwall’s indigenous language Kernewek are stronger than ever. The ancient language can be traced back 4000 years and was considered a dead language as ...

In France, the Senate, including President Macron, has voted in favor of a proposed law banning the use of gender neutral and gender inclusive language in official communications. The next step is for ...