New Literacy Studies

How and When to Teach Children a Second Language

The earlier the better for children learning a second language. If you attended high school in the United States, then you may have dreaded the year when you were forced to learn another language; the problem centers around the need for this requirement to be introduced years early by children learning a second language at or around the time when they learn their first. It [...]

Pros and Cons of Top Literacy Intervention Programs

Literacy intervention programs are in high demand because of an increasing number of students getting to high school in record numbers who do not know how to read. These programs are revolutionizing education while giving students and parents the needed tools to be successful in the classroom by working smarter. What is a literacy intervention program? A literacy intervention program is “a supplementary program to [...]

Understanding New Media Literacies in a Paperless World

New media literacies have taken over the literacy world! The time has come for teachers and parents to stop marveling at how adept the younger generation has become with self-taught technology and start incorporating their skills into a global learning experience. Instead of deploring the way that computers are destroying traditional classical teaching, new media literacy should be incorporated into the new curricula. The relevance [...]

Exploring Endless Learning Opportunities with EdSoMe

Get social. Meet Educational Social Media. DRPF Consults is pleased to share the most current, exciting and cutting edge work in the area of social media in education. Educational Social Media (EdSoMe) explores social media in the classroom and provides workshops and resources about how to best develop a social media plan that fits the needs of your school and students. It’s an introduction not [...]

Confronting Issues in Bilingual Education

The bilingual education agenda along with issues in bilingual education is a topic that antagonizes many people, almost everywhere within the United States. A group of people think that the English language should be the “official” language of the United States and that bilingual education should be limited, paying more attention to the education in English Language; there are many others who think that a [...]

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