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COVID public health measures included school closures and a shift to online learning. This placed immigrant families at a disadvantage as they saw to their children’s emotional and educational needs.

Literacy Connects is looking for volunteers to help children with reading so they don’t fall behind, teach parents the importance of reading to children, and also work with non-English-speaking adults

In celebration of all bilingual students, Lobos are invited to a free presentation that will feature researcher Julio Torres, Friday, March 11. The presentation will be held at noon in SUB Ballroom A; students, staff and faculty can also attend virtually .

MIT Assistant Professor of Linguistics Athulya Aravind has been honored as Committed to Caring. She helps her graduate students navigate research and academia, fostering an enriching and compassionate research environment.

On Feb. 9, South Elementary School of Communications became only the second school in the state of Indiana to become a LAMP Certified Center of Excellence.

In the largest brain imaging study of its kind, MIT and Harvard neuroscientists have found surprisingly few links between white matter structure and reading ability in children.

SIUE Tandem is a club for students who enjoy learning new languages with others, which has recently been revamped under the leadership of a graduate student.

BABY BEHAVIOUR Young infants’ search for potential hidden objects is influenced by how many objects another person believes to be hidden, according to a new study.

Some La Jolla public schools are preparing to welcome refugee students from Afghanistan.

From the column: "One of the most valuable options for high school students ... is to earn free college credit via courses taught in high school, online, or on college campuses."