When it comes to language learning, an old adage rings true: a picture is worth a thousand words. There is growing evidence that the arts—be it a picture, drama, song, or dance—may help children with ...

Language Arts is a professional journal for elementary and middle school teachers and teacher educators. It provides a forum for discussions on all aspects of language arts learning and teaching, ...

Students in dozens of middle schools around the country huddled around classroom TVs on Thursday – notebooks in hand – ready for their December lesson. Only this wasn’t your run-of-the-mill English ...

Melvin Gowah's enthusiasm would make most teachers beam. During a recent language arts lesson, the seventh-grader jumped up to write an answer on the classroom's whiteboard. But teacher Jennifer Frueh ...