Researchers and educators say professional development for all teachers and school leaders rooted in best practices for English learners is needed to fill in the gap.

Dyslexia, a learning disability that makes it difficult to decipher and spell written words, affects about 20 percent of the population. With recent awareness of dyslexia’s prevalence has come a ...

What is cognitive development? Expert Dr Samantha Durrant answers parents' questions around this tricky subject, and how it ...

Mayfield City Schools, through its Cubs Club Early Learning Program, has announced a new partnership with Footsteps2Brilliance, a national early literacy and language development platform. This ...

The Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach (CALLA) is designed for limited English proficient students who are being prepared to participate in mainstream content-area instruction. CALLA ...

Learning a new language as an adult relies on preexisting brain wiring. Our ability to rapidly learn a language is during a critical period in brain development that ends around adulthood.

New research in early language development has identified an important skill that predicts language gaps as late as age three.

BOSTON (March 31, 2025) – In recent months, almost 2,000 schools and districts have purchased or renewed licenses for Lexia English Language Development (Lexia English) from Lexia, a Cambium Learning ...

Brain's window for language learning open until adulthood Study of nearly 700,000 people reveals more about cognitive capabilities for new language learning Date: May 1, 2018 Source: Boston ...

How exposure to a foreign language ignites infants' learning Date: July 18, 2017 Source: University of Washington Summary: A new study is among the first to investigate how babies can learn a ...

Out research showed that motor skills in 7-month-old babies predicted the rate of language development in children that went on to develop autism spectrum disorder.