What is an Evidence-Based Program?

What is an Evidence-Based Program? The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) represents a whole new ball game when it comes to school improvement, says the online newspaper, Education Week, in regards to what is an evidence-based program. As long as they have evidence to back up their approaches, districts and states get to come up with turnaround strategies and interventions, … Read More

Literacy Strategies for Struggling Adult Readers

Literacy skills are one of the most critical areas of ability most people develop as young children.  As children, they sound out words and recognize common vocabulary words. Greater fluency comes with practicing sight-reading and spelling.  However, by the time some people reach adulthood they still struggle with reading.  Read on to discover some literacy strategies for struggling adults readers. … Read More

Title I, Part B—Reading and Family Literacy Programs

Title I, Part B—Reading and Family Literacy Programs Family literacy brings together children and parents in an educational environment to facilitate and nurture the learning relationship between them. According to the Federal Department of Education (ED), the Reading First program under Title I, Part B, Subpart 1: ~distributes the majority of funds to SEAs under a poverty-based formula. ~provides assistance … Read More

Setting Goals for Accountability with ESSA

Though educators know that learning the fundamentals of reading by early elementary is so important to long-term academic success, only around one in three kids are proficient readers by the fourth grade, says the information piece called “Setting Goals for Accountability” with ESSA … Read More

Title IV—21st Century Schools

Receiving $1.17 billion back in 2016, the Title IV—21st Century program (21st CCLC) was originally authorized as part of the No Child Left Behind Act and is currently the largest block grant program in Title IV, says NASSP, the National Association of Secondary School Principals … Read More

What is “Three Kings’ Day?”

Santa may have returned to the North Pole, but it doesn’t mean the gift-giving season is over in Spain and some other Latin American countries — at least not for thousands of children as they anxiously await “El Día de los Reyes” or the “Three Kings’ Day” celebration on January 6th … Read More

The Gift of Reading with Spanish-speaking Parents & Kids

Parents send their kids off to school each day, supporting the educational journey for their kids to acquire an education for a better life. But with the changing demographics in today’s America, how can Spanish-speaking parents realistically give their kids the gift of reading? … Read More

Latest Research about Code Switching and Children

An article from the Bilingual Kids’ Rock website regarding the latest research about code switching and children says it can be alarming for the parents of bilingual kids when their children begin switching back and forth between languages in the middle of a sentence. … Read More

Title I and Reaching Out to Hispanic Parents

As it applies to Title I and reaching out to Hispanic parents, through the reauthorized ESEA, The Department of Education (ED) states that schools are required to nurture strong partnerships in the following ways: Extend opportunities to parents with limited English proficiency (LEP), such as providing information … Read More