Structured Literacy: Applying the Science of Reading in the Classroom

Level Up: Embracing Culturally Responsive and Sustaining Pedagogy for Emergent Bilingual Students

This Educational Insight will identify various pedagogies that position Emergent Bilingual students’ cultures and linguistic knowledge as strengths and assets before emphasizing the impact that culturally sustaining practices can have on all students in diverse classrooms.

Embrace the Asset Model for the Benefit of All Students

In the classroom, all students can benefit from teachers who implement an asset model. This Educational Insight will delineate the benefits of such an approach and identify the role a growth mindset plays in an asset-oriented environment.

Standard English Is a Myth: Bringing an Asset-Based Approach to Accents

?This Education Insight explains why standard English and its “non-accent” are myths; outlines the detrimental effects of stigmatizing accents; and provides ways to address accent bias in the classroom to bring us closer to educational equity.