UT assistant professor Maria Arredondo conducts an experiment to identify whether or not bilingual children are more efficient learners. Wearing a cap with instruments that map brain activity, a child ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nearly 22 percent of Americans speak a language other than English at home; many of them are English and Spanish speakers from ...
Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Before the 1950s, prevailing research indicated that bilingualism created a disadvantage for children. Since then, many ...
As more states and districts are embracing the “science of reading,” some educators and advocates have raised the question: Will these methods work for English-language learners? The “science of ...
Children living in multilingual communities often learn in a language at school that does not match the language they speak at home. This mismatch makes it challenging for them to participate in ...
EdSource · A University of California in the heart of farm country aims to attract more students The California Department of Education will soon announce the winners of a set of grants to local ...
In just one academic year, Marietta City Schools in Georgia saw the percentage of elementary English learners (ELs) working in or above grade level rocket from 11 percent to 67 percent. Among the ...
Looking back at her youth growing up in Douglas, Arizona — nestled up snugly against its Mexican sister city of Agua Prieta, Sonora — Laura C. Chávez-Moreno wishes she’d had the chance to partake in ...
This post was co-authored with Malak Elmessiry, Jessica Chuang, and Anayeli Huerta. According to UNESCO, more than half of the world population is bilingual or multilingual. At some point in life, ...