As Russia's war with Ukraine continues, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sits down with Scott Pelley to discuss U.S. support for Ukraine, the war, the Oval Office meeting, and the latest attacks on civil...

The African nation is "taking advantage" of the US by not accepting its citizens, says the top US diplomat.

In March 2025, I had an opportunity to visit Switzerland as a Visiting Scholar in Leysin American School. I worked with Mari McCarville, a phenomenal teacher who teaches English as an Additional La…

On Tuesday, March 11th, the US Department of Education announced that it was laying off close to 50% of its staff. Based on documents and media reports we have seen, it appears that the Office of Engl...

The United States joined Russia to vote against a UN General Assembly resolution condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine Monday in a stunning shift from years of US policy.

MADISON (WKOW) -- Protestors gathered at the State Capitol to honor and remember the resilience and courage of the Ukrainian people on the three year anniversary since the Ukraine-Russia War

Plus a conversation with Phillips O’Brien

If the Court and federal workers fail to stop Elon Musk, we are heading for authoritarianism.

What I’m about to teach you I learned from Sally Humphrey. I had an opportunity to travel to Sydney in 2016 or 2018, and I’ll never forget our chat in a corner coffee shop where she tau…

Typically, I write blogs in response to a teacher question, this time, I wrote a blog in response to my own question: what exactly is the language of perspectives? Which system in Systemic Function…

The president can’t fully eliminate the federal agency, but an overhaul could disrupt critical services for students who are of color, low-income or LGBTQ+

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The pause on several initiatives that allowed immigrants to enter the country temporarily will block the entrance of people fleeing some of the most unstable and desperate places in the world.

By now most of us have heard that schools will no longer be off limits for immigration enforcement due to President Trump rescinding a 2011 "sensitive locations" memo that included schools. This is a ...

Support and Resources for Navigating Recent Executive Orders on Immigration As you may be aware, a number of executive orders have been signed by the president earlier this week. We are actively worki...

A memo appears to allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials to target programs that let in more than a million people.

Today a teacher reached out to me with a question about an entry point into language features in narratives. I asked her what goals she had for her lesson which was to develop character interaction…

2024 was the year of blogging. All these blogs were inspired by you, my teacher friends who requested simple and actionable illustrations of the Language Functions and Features in the WIDA 2020 Sta…