In Rob Jenkins’s essay, “We Must Help Our Students Master Standard English” (The Chronicle, In Rob Jenkins’s essay, “We Must Help Our Students Master Standard English” (The Chronicle, April 10), he ...
For years, many academics have questioned the importance — even the justice — of requiring college students to master standard English. The discussion 20 or 30 years ago was about a student’s right to ...
When I recently explained why teaching grammar in primary school still matters, Radio 4’s Today programme invited me to debate the importance of standard English. My opponent was Nevile Gwynne, a ...
Putting the common-core standards into practice in classrooms is a monumental change for teachers in the nation’s public schools, but for educators who work with English-language learners, the shifts ...
In 2014, the California State Board of Education adopted the evidence-based and standards-driven English Language Arts/English Language Development Framework (ELA/ELD Framework) — nonbinding guidance ...
Acquiring the ability to speak fluent English has been a decades-long pursuit for many Japanese toiling to master the dominant language of the world. As English tightens its grip as a lingua franca in ...