Last week’s question was: What are the best ways to help students -- mainstream and/or English Language Learners -- develop academic vocabulary? Helping our students develop academic vocabulary ...

Marilee Sprenger, author of the book, 101 Strategies To Make Academic Vocabulary Stick, agreed to answer a few questions. Marilee Sprenger is an experienced classroom teacher, educational consultant ...

Zynga has launched a new version of its Words With Friends word game for classrooms. The new Words With Friends EDU is part of an ongoing effort to use games to help children get more engaged with ...

Words With Friends is out with a free, educational version of its popular Scrabble-like game for mobile devices. Created by Zynga, a social game developer, Words With Friends EDU includes new ...

With a little guidance, educators can help students learn to read and understand the complex language of science texts, according to Catherine E. Snow of Harvard University and the SERP Institute.

Research is an important part of the academic career, and it naturally begins during graduate school, when students get deeply involved in the process of writing papers and publishing articles, often ...