In Rob Jenkins’s essay, “We Must Help Our Students Master Standard English” (The Chronicle, In Rob Jenkins’s essay, “We Must Help Our Students Master Standard English” (The Chronicle, April 10), he ...

In her Kuppi Talk article “The dispossession of a voice through English in Sri Lanka” (6 February 2024), Selvaraj Vishvika delves into the myriad troubles that accompany the imposition of standards on ...

For years, many academics have questioned the importance — even the justice — of requiring college students to master standard English. The discussion 20 or 30 years ago was about a student’s right to ...

Putting the common-core standards into practice in classrooms is a monumental change for teachers in the nation’s public schools, but for educators who work with English-language learners, the shifts ...

Standard English is the form of English that is taught around the world and understood by all speakers of the language. Non-standard English is the informal version of the language, which can change ...

Alexander Baratta and Paul Vincent Smith do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no ...

Willem Hollmann is affiliated with the Committee for Linguistics in Education (CLiE) and with the Education Committee of the Linguistics Association of Great Britain (LAGB). When I recently explained ...

English language arts (ELA) standards should contain abundant literary history. Students must be exposed in a coordinated, grade-by-grade model to our language’s most creative and influential writers.

IN my previous column, I discussed the nature of language standards. In this column, I wish to highlight what a standard language is not — or quite possibly, dispel what most people think it is but ...