Article reviews

Book Alert: Bilingual Special Education for the 21st Century: A New Interface (2023)

If you remember the Bilingual Special Education Interface book by Leornard Vaca and Hermes Cervantes…

Despite of language, what type of ability grouping should teachers use?

Sharon Vaughn answers that in the International Reading Association blog site -the following question from…

Continued Support for Students to be Bilingual….

It looks like in the last few months, the media has been continually reporting the…

Study: First generation immigrant children do better in school than US-born kids

What a great article on the outcomes of Latinos in our nation. This researcher from…

North Carolina Dual Language Programs Close the Achievement Gap for ELLs

The state of North Carolina conducted an evaluation of the Dual Language Programs in their…

Looking for an RTI tool for Science?

I just finished reading the article Progress Monitoring to Support Science Learning for All Students…

RTI- Early Warning Indicators for English Language Learners/Bilingual Students in 9th Grade

This recent article by the National High Schools Center looked at Early Warning Indicators (EWI)…

Ed Week’s Web Resource on Dual Language Education

This week I would like to highlight two resources on Dual Language Education: 1. Ed…

Links to Academic Articles in Bilingual Development

Bilingualism in infancy: first steps in perception and comprehension Janet F. Werker and Krista Byers-Heinlein…

Bilingualism Matters according to Latest Research in the NY Times

This New York Times article by Yudhijit Bhattacharjee provides a summary of a variety of…