Teachers can use resources connected to students’ goals—such as traveling for work or pleasure—to make coursework meaningful ...

Years ago, the Beaverton school district in Oregon participated in a study to determine the right models for improving English learners’ academic achievement. The results, which came out in 2019, ...

For English learners, acquiring language proficiency opens the door to thrive across all subjects. However, learning a new language can be a long, difficult process that requires courage, resilience ...

States must invest not just in literacy laws, but in the networks and training that bring those policies to life.

Schools are required to test the progress of their English learners each year to determine whether they still need language instruction services or can exit out of such programs. In close to 40 states ...

Congress has cut federal funding for public media — a $3.4 million loss for LAist. We count on readers like you to protect our nonprofit newsroom. Become a monthly member and sustain local journalism.

Children read in a Spanish-immersion classroom at Escondido Elementary School in Palo Alto, California, March 2006. (AP Photo / Marcio Jose Sanchez) By signing up, you confirm that you are over the ...

Research shows English learners and students of color are underrepresented in advanced classes--but key strategies can boost their enrollment While some English learners and students of color may be ...

Marisa DeSerio, who teaches English-language learners at Pulaski Street Intermediate School in Riverhead, makes changes to her lessons every year. In the past two years, though, she’s tinkered even ...

The number of English language learners in Long Island schools has surged over the past decade — almost 60% — creating challenges such as a shortage of specialized teachers and addressing the students ...

Este artículo está disponible en español. Léelo en español. About 1 in 3 students in California’s K-12 schools speak a language other than English at home and were not fluent in English when they ...