Juan Garcia was proud to walk across a stage this spring at Venture Academy in Stockton to receive a medal for the state seal of biliteracy, proof that he can speak, read and write in English and ...

In this lesson, high school students write ‘I am’ poems in their home language and then translate them into English, building ...

The federal government forces schools to teach non-native English speakers but won't pay for it, even as costs grow for ...

The English learner population is growing but the number of specialized instructors for them and training for general education teachers who work with them is lagging. Researchers and educators say ...

As the nation’s English-learner population grows each year, more researchers and policymakers are discussing how to best support these students linguistically and academically. Much of that discussion ...

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 ...

A report about English learner students in San Diego and Los Angeles shows that resource teachers and language development classes help boost these students’ progress. But those supports may be harder ...

A new bill aims to automatically reclassify students as "fluent and English-proficient" when they score 4 on the proficiency ...

Louisiana’s first alternative program to certify teachers of English learners will seek final approval Wednesday from the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education in hopes of addressing a shortage ...

Students at Silvermine Dual Language Magnet School in Norwalk listen to state Education Commissioner Miguel Cardona read a book. Cardona regularly talks about how it is important for students to see ...

NEW ORLEANS — It’s testing time again for public school students in Louisiana. For many who did not learn English as a primary language, it’s also an anxiety-inducing reminder that a single test could ...