Why Every Student Deserves a Certified Teacher in Every Classroom For more than three decades, I had the privilege of serving public education in nearly every leadership capacity—from classroom teacher and principal to district administrator, assistant su...
As a public school superintendent, few responsibilities weighed on me more heavily than ensuring every classroom had a qualified, effective teacher—especially on the first day of school. In recent years, persistent shortages in hard-to-staff certification ...
Several standardized tests and the organizations that write and administer them have come under scrutiny in recent years, having their fairness (or lack thereof) called into question during the age of social justice awareness. The overarching majority of t...
I conducted lessons in a private tutoring setting for some time as well as taught a second language in a classroom. While most people may feel that private tutoring is the preferred method of learning a foreign language, the two approaches to language lear...
Should Language Teachers Focus on Fluency or on Accuracy? In this article we will explore the complex battle between fluency and accuracy in foreign language pedagogy. Both are foundational pillars within language learning, each bearing its own merits, ...
Many families in the world and the United States are headed by adults with proficiency in more than one language. In the U.S. 26% of 5 to 17-year-old children are multilingual, although rates differ by state. (socialsci.libretexts.org) Families are often i...
