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What is the New CA Roadmap for ELLs? In its approval of what the state is calling the “new CA roadmap for ELLs,” on July 12, 2017, the California State Board of Education adopted innovative policy for educating the state’s 1.3 million English Language Learners, said the education coalition organization, Californians Together. While fear-based and controversial anti-immigrant laws are swirling … Read More

Tips to welcome Hispanic parents at school are important in helping them feel welcome. Since many struggle with the English barrier and other cultural issues, it can be easy for them to feel left out. Schools can make a big difference by laying out an extra-friendly welcome mat for them. By the year 2050, close to 40 percent of the … Read More

Is It Better for Kids to Read a Book or Read on a Computer? With the onslaught of digital information, people are wondering if it’s better for kids to read a book or read on a computer. Though the slant has definitely moved in the direction of reading on Kindles and other electronic devices, there are enough downsides to reading … Read More

Can Computer Literacy Programs be Effective in Teaching Literacy to Toddlers? While some experts say that computers have little to offer younger kids besides the possibility of gaining weight or having shorter attention spans, according to the Hechinger Report, an independent education news site, many others say that computer literacy programs can be effective in teaching literacy to toddlers. Based … Read More

The Important Role that Home Culture Plays in Literacy To the average layman, it can be easy to downplay the important role that home culture plays in literacy, specifically when it has to do with the involvement of parents. However, experts in the field see it completely differently. According to the Edutopia organization, parental involvement is one of the strongest … Read More

For various reasons, teaching reading in lower socioeconomic communities is often a big challenge for educators. Let’s examine some of those challenges and see what researchers have to say about the issue. A report on literacy states that, before many poor children have even started school, they’ve gotten used to “doing without.” Poor kids, for instance, are only 50 percent … Read More

Paulo Freire and literacy circles are two phrases that are intricately intertwined with one another in the field of education. A biographical outline of the Brazilian-born philosopher and educator says that, essentially, Freire took education out of the classroom and created what’s known as the “culture circle,” where students used their own ways of speaking to verbalize their understanding of … Read More

According to a journal article about literacy, there is ample research supporting the relationship between a parent’s educational level and his or her child’s literacy, which confirms the theory that, indeed, parents literacy skills impact their child’s literacy skills. Let’s delve into the topic more deeply and see what other experts have to say about the matter. Based on the … Read More

The Seal of Biliteracy In a relatively short period of time, the Seal of Literacy has evolved from a grassroots movement to a nationwide phenomenon, according to Lead with Languages. So just what is the Seal of Biliteracy that has made such a splash in recent years? Basically, the Seal of Biliteracy is a terrific language proficiency award program for … Read More