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While conveying the importance of multicultural literature offers teachers and students many opportunities to gain a broader understanding about the world, it also presents challenges, says the journal article “Heightening Awareness about the Importance of Using Multicultural Literature.” The challenge, it says, is not only obtaining high quality multicultural texts, but the greater challenge may be … Read More

Over the years, bilingual education has been one of those controversial topics in the US and lately, some groups have been actively opposing it because they feel it threatens national identity, says the Educational Research Newsletter in relation to what research says about reading and English learners. … Read More

ACSD, the professional organization for educators, provides an interesting and apt explanation of the purpose of education as it has unfolded over the years. It’s a quote by John Dewey who was the Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University and the writer of the well-known and timeless piece “Individual Psychology and Education.” … Read More

Multicultural education is more than just celebrating Cinco de Mayo with tacos and pinatas or reading the latest biography of Martin Luther King Jr, says the article “Multicultural Education in Your Classroom” in regards to six quick teaching tools for today’s multicultural classroom. … Read More

In a time of culturally and linguistically-diverse students in the States, classroom teachers and schools play an important role in identifying the needs of all students, including English language learners (ELLs), says a 2017 article in the Journal of Human Services: Training, Research, and Practice … Read More

One out of every four teenagers are bullied, and one out of five kids admit to being a bully, says the We are Teachers website in an article about addressing bullying in school through books. What’s even more alarming, it says, is that each month approximately 282,000 students are physically attacked … Read More

Vocabulary knowledge is so important for success in language, particularly in reading, says a well-researched journal article addressing ELL essentials, language and vocabulary instruction. Students aren’t able to understand what they read without understanding what the majority of the words mean. … Read More

Sure to put a big smile on the face of any lucky recipients, the six best bilingual preschool books for English learners are real page-turners for the little ones! The collection can be used to build a home library, classroom checkout, a parent book club, an ESL program … Read More

Referred to as The House of Literacy, it includes a hand-selected set of bilingual books for home use. This special reading collection helps parents read with their children in Spanish and gives them the opportunity to practice English with them, too … Read More

For holiday gift-giving, here are five great books for family literacy with English learners! First, though, before delving into what makes these books so fantastic, let’s take a look at what family literacy means exactly. The Ohio Literacy Resource Center says that family literacy is a term used to describe children. … Read More