Teacher Education Supports Literacy Initiatives | College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences

Kenneth Palmer

Across the U.S, states and college districts are applying Science of Reading through (SoR), a science-primarily based, interdisciplinary approach to literacy instruction drawing from two many years of investigation into how small children discover to read. In 2021, Nebraska revised the English Language Arts (ELA) requirements to integrate SoR, and […]

Applied Linguistics Professors Awarded $2.9M for Development Program for Teachers of English Learners

Kenneth Palmer

UMass Boston Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics Avary Carhill-Poza and Professor of Utilized Linguistics Panayota Gounari have been awarded a prestigious 5-yr, $2.9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Nationwide Expert Advancement (NPD) program. The task, Centering Interactions, Equity, and Obtain for Lecturers of English Learners (Generate), is a […]

Apostle of Youth | Christopher Benfey

Kenneth Palmer

Ken O’Brien/Corbis/Getty Images Ned Rorem and Xenia Gabis, 1950 When I acquired a number of months in the past that the composer and songs critic Ned Rorem experienced died—a lifelong apostle of youth who dreaded turning fifty, he had in some way lived to be ninety-nine—I felt a intricate pang. […]