What factors help English learners (ELs) succeed in schools? In a study of top performing New York City high schools serving ...

Is it better to have all English learners together, separate from their non-English learner peers? How about more instructional time in a heterogeneous classroom? Or pull-out sessions for language ...

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 ...

Teachers and school administrators are turning toward AI tools to help bridge the language gap with English learners — but ...

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 ...

Este artículo está disponible en español. Léelo en español. As California expands transitional kindergarten, English learner advocates are urging school districts to prioritize children learning ...

In Michigan, public schools are quietly undergoing a major shift. While overall enrollment declines, the number of English ...

Thinking back to her days as a bilingual teacher to fourth graders, Crystal Gonzales recalls that some of the suggestions offered by curriculum materials to adapt lessons for English learners were ...

PHOENIX — Hispanic students make up 45% of Arizona’s K–12 population. But recent federal rollbacks may affect how many of these students are taught. In August, the U.S. Department of Education ...

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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 ...

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 first started school — 1,918,385 students — according to data ...