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Signed into law in 2015, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) is the federal legislation governing elementary and secondary education in the US, states NASSP, the National Association of Secondary School Principals, regarding an overview of ESSA. This reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and replaced No Child Left Behind (NCLB) … Read More

What is an Evidence-Based Program? The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) represents a whole new ball game when it comes to school improvement, says the online newspaper, Education Week, in regards to what is an evidence-based program. As long as they have evidence to back up their approaches, districts and states get to come up with turnaround strategies and interventions, … Read More

Literacy skills are one of the most critical areas of ability most people develop as young children.  As children, they sound out words and recognize common vocabulary words. Greater fluency comes with practicing sight-reading and spelling.  However, by the time some people reach adulthood they still struggle with reading.  Read on to discover some literacy strategies for struggling adults readers. … Read More

Title I, Part B—Reading and Family Literacy Programs Family literacy brings together children and parents in an educational environment to facilitate and nurture the learning relationship between them. According to the Federal Department of Education (ED), the Reading First program under Title I, Part B, Subpart 1: ~distributes the majority of funds to SEAs under a poverty-based formula. ~provides assistance … Read More

Though educators know that learning the fundamentals of reading by early elementary is so important to long-term academic success, only around one in three kids are proficient readers by the fourth grade, says the information piece called “Setting Goals for Accountability” with ESSA … Read More

From around 200 programs in 2000 to nearly 2,000 in 2011, dual language programs are rapidly increasing across the country, says an article about professional development increases as bilingual education grows. … Read More

Receiving $1.17 billion back in 2016, the Title IV—21st Century program (21st CCLC) was originally authorized as part of the No Child Left Behind Act and is currently the largest block grant program in Title IV, says NASSP, the National Association of Secondary School Principals … Read More

Santa may have returned to the North Pole, but it doesn’t mean the gift-giving season is over in Spain and some other Latin American countries — at least not for thousands of children as they anxiously await “El Día de los Reyes” or the “Three Kings’ Day” celebration on January 6th … Read More

Parents send their kids off to school each day, supporting the educational journey for their kids to acquire an education for a better life. But with the changing demographics in today’s America, how can Spanish-speaking parents realistically give their kids the gift of reading? … Read More

An article from the Bilingual Kids’ Rock website regarding the latest research about code switching and children says it can be alarming for the parents of bilingual kids when their children begin switching back and forth between languages in the middle of a sentence. … Read More