Language Magazine

Margarita Calderón invites us to restructure our professional learning  Coaching is one of the most powerful tools for teachers who want to create academic success for students (Hattie, 2015; Knight, 2018) and multilingual proficiency (Hertz-Lazarowitz, 1980; Brock, 2024; Calderón, 1984, 2007, 2025). When coaching is implemented systematically with proven designs, all st...

“Dissolving specialized infrastructure does not eliminate the Department’s legal obligations to multilingual learners; it weakens the federal government’s capacity to fulfill them.” U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) led 19 of their Senate colleagues in condemning the Trump Administration’s attacks on the rights...

TESOL and NABE join forces to host this month’s 2026 Advocacy Action Days in Washington, D.C. TESOL International Association (TESOL) and the National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE) are hosting the 2026 TESOL–NABE Advocacy Action Day on 22–24 June 2026, in Washington, D.C., bringing together English language teaching (ELT) educators, researchers, administrators, a...

Omar Chihane sees English as a bridge to mobility, connection, and opportunity in a globally connected world International education has entered a more competitive, student-driven era. Students today have more choices, more information, and more pathways than any generation before them. They compare destinations, institutions, tuition costs, post-study work opportunities, car...

Professional Development grant applications now open for ‘activities that strengthen instruction for English Learners’ The Employment and Training Administration at the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), which now manages the Department of Education’s Title III formula and competitive grants programs, is soliciting applications (Deadline: July 14) to support administration of th...