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Every year, Education Week publishes “Leaders to Learn From,” a document that acknowledges the most successful educators nationwide. This year, Angela Ward, the Supervisor of Race and Equity Programs for a school district in Austin, Texas, has made the list in recognition for leadership in cultural proficiency. In a supplementary article titled “Confronting and Combating … Continue reading Education Week’s Leaders to Learn From: Angela Ward of Austin, Texas

A recent publication from Tucson Daily Star, penned by writer Brenna Bailey, discusses a new substantial change in bilingual education in the state of Arizona. Arizona, like many states in the U.S., had explicitly banned bilingual education for students who were not already fluent in English. Instead, Arizonian school districts promoted a four-hour English immersion … Continue reading Bilingual Education News from Arizona

Sophie Hardach, writer for BBC News, has recently written an article about how one’s language reflects the senses one uses. A recent global study suggests that “whether we mainly experience the world by seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting or feeling varies hugely across cultures,” and such partiality is reflected in our language. The study was comprised … Continue reading Sights, Smells, Sounds: How the Languages We Speak Influence What We Can Describe

The TWIN-CS team at the Roche Center loves these quotes and images from Google’s recognition of International Women’s Day. Check out the many inspiring women and their quotes here. We are pleased to share a sample:

The Lenten Season has begun and we return to many of our familiar traditions: special treats on Mardi Gras, ashes on Ash Wednesday, fasting or sacrificing for the 40 days of the season, to name a few. Lent is also a time to reflect and challenge ourselves to find ways to help others in our … Continue reading Lenten Resources

Leah Shafer, contributive writer for Usable Knowledge, wrote a popular article about promoting positive school culture. In this brief article, Shafer offers salient, practical methods to increase positive culture in your school. The article discusses the difficulty of labeling “school culture.” While most principals may have an instinctual awareness of their school’s culture, one would … Continue reading Five Elements of Positive School Culture: Learning from Dr. Bridwell-Mitchell

Each year, schools nationwide partake in Read Across America, a celebration of reading held annually on Dr. Seuss’ birthday and hosted by the National Education Association. This year a few TWIN-CS schools celebrated including All Souls Catholic School, located in Alhambra, CA, and Our Lady of Lourdes, located in Omaha, NE. Each shared pictures of … Continue reading TWIN-CS Schools Read Across America: Celebrating Dr. Seuss’ Birthday

In a recent publication from Public Radio International (PRI), a non-profit global media company, contributive writer Zaidee Stavely writes about a local Californian high school’s experience with multilingual students. Castlemont High School in Oakland, California has students with an array of linguistic diversity including Spanish, Arabic, and Mam, a Mayan language from Guatemala. Acacia WoodsChan, … Continue reading Welcoming All to Class: A California Teacher Teaches Life Lessons through Language

As the world becomes smaller and more globalized, young children are becoming increasingly linguistically diverse. In this Usable Knowledge article, writer Leah Shafer considers how early childhood educators can “provide a safe, nurturing environment” for their multilingual students. Shafer examines how the internalization of grammar and vocabulary can develop “an understanding of culture: how to … Continue reading Multilingual Children in Preschool Classrooms

In a recent article from Usable Knowledge, a Harvard Graduate School of Education publication, writer Grace Tatter examines a new report from the Century Foundation. According to researchers from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, the Harvard Chan School of Public Health, and SRI International, low-income students are disproportionately assigned to special education. While the … Continue reading Low-Income Students and Special Education: A Report from the Century Foundation