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Make Hay before the Sun Sets
The sun is shining on language education in the US, and 2024 could turn out to be a pivotal year for the creation of...
Opinion: Popular Balance and Support in Migration
Migration and language learning are so intrinsically linked that, especially at this time of year, language educators cannot help but think about the millions...
Last Call to Cut Child Poverty
Now that the dust is settling after midterm election results that surprised many pundits—who had probably not taken into account the sophistication of the...
Vote Against Child Poverty
As we approach the midterm elections in the US, policies and agendas are being debated and scrutinized, but there is one issue on which...
That Figures
One of the definitions of figure is “a diagram or picture.” At the most basic level, figurative language is language that names or describes...
Does Access Always End in Excess?
The fact that access and excess resemble each other is because of a family resemblance they brought to English from Latin, their shared language...
Let Teachers Be the Influencers
A recent NEA survey found that 55% of all educators plan to leave the profession earlier than expected due to pandemic-related stress.In just two years’...
Pluralism of Nouns
People who grow up speaking English never have to worry about one of the odder parts of our grammar: noncount nouns (also called mass nouns).These are words...
