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The Education Department has announced that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has completed its review of the programs subject to the Trump’s administration’s withholding of $6 billion in ...
New research shows that reviving Indigenous languages may do more than preserve culture—it may also improve public health. In British Columbia, First Nations youth who speak their ancestral language ...
Ulysses Navarrete spells out the national mission of ALAS The Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (ALAS) ...
Leigh Mingle, Daniel Velasco, and Conor Williams explain why the administration’s decision to cut funding for education research counters the goal of local control ? The Trump administration has ...
Last month, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of parents who objected to LGBTQ-themed books that a Maryland county approved for use in elementary school classrooms. In a 6–3 vote, the court backed the ...
Walk into any classroom in the US, you’ll likely encounter students who speak a language other than English at home, who might have learned to read in another language before coming to school, or who ...
Last year we celebrated the 50th anniversary of a milestone US Supreme Court ruling, Lau v. Nichols (1974), which set the groundwork for equitable learning opportunities for students designated at the ...
At a time when global competence and cultural literacy are no longer optional in education, Delaware has taken a bold step forward. Through a visionary partnership between the Delaware Department of ...
Literacy is foundational—not only for academic success but as a fundamental skill for navigating life. Yet literacy rates in the US paint a troubling picture: about 21% of adults are illiterate, and ...
Structured literacy is a research-based approach to reading instruction that’s rooted in the science of reading. It emphasizes direct, explicit instruction in phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, ...
Language learning isn’t just a skill—it’s a gateway to opportunity. In the US, where over 350 languages are spoken, multilingualism is increasingly vital in industries like healthcare, construction, ...
A new study, “How User Language Affects Conflict Fatality Estimates in ChatGPT,” published in Journal of Peace, suggests that the language used to ask questions of large language models (LLMs) can ...