Phillip K. Howard tells us that “To fix America’s bureaucracy, we need to destroy it.” The part most in need of destruction is not yet fully grown: The new national standards and their spawn, the new ...

The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. Students may feel ambiguous about Stephen Krashen’s ideas: on the one hand he is ...

Dr. Stephen Krashen is a professor emeritus at the University of Southern California. He has written numerous books on his research into literacy and language acquisition. In recent years he has ...

Once in a while, I meet someone who turns my long-held beliefs on their head. Dr Stephen Krashen is one of these people. Krashen, the author of more than 350 academic papers, developed the first ...

The Two R's Jim Jarvis1 feels that undergraduates in science should take "a rigorous course in composition." Readers of The Scientist might be interested in what the research says about writing: For ...

TESOL Quarterly (TQ) is one of the most respected publications in second and foreign language teaching, with an annual acceptance rate of 8% of all article submissions. This scholarly journal serves ...

You’ve probably heard that it’s extremely difficult for adults to learn a second language. You may even have proof: You tried it yourself, and it didn’t work. But maybe that’s because you took the ...

Think Tank is made possible by generous support from the Smith Richardson Foundation, the Bernard and Irene Schwartz Foundation, the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, the John M. Olin Foundation, ...

Those interested in “What’s wrong with English education?” (October 7) might want to look at the research and progress made in language acquisition over the last four decades, studies published in ...