To sum it up, the four most effective scaffolds in my experience have been visual supports, simplified texts, extended time, ...

A year ago, the kindergartners learning English in Tanya Gan Lim's class were thriving. Back then, she'd bring in props and pictures to help her students learn the language and sound out words. Then ...

Students acquiring the English language are one of the fastest growing populations of K-12 public school students in the country. Legally, districts are required to provide them with adequate ...

Rosemary Salomone, a linguist and a lawyer, is a professor of law at St. John’s University in New York. Her most recent book is The Rise of English: Global Politics and the Power of Language. Back in ...

Javier Fossas asked me, "Do you speak Spanish?" It's complicated. I do, but I'm really insecure about my Spanish. I grew up in California in a Puerto Rican family where English was the dominant ...