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, ...

Este artículo está disponible en español. Léelo en español. Low statewide reading scores have sparked many advocates to call for California to adopt a so-called structured literacy curriculum that ...

Today’s post is the final one in a series where educators share potential challenges that might exist in teaching English Learners, and how to respond to them. Michelle Benegas, Ph.D., is an associate ...

Boston College’s TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) certificate program is designed to prepare future English language educators with the essential skills, knowledge, and ...

Many children enter school in California speaking languages other than English, and they learn to read at the same time that they are learning English. As California aims to improve literacy ...

A new study shows Arizona colleges’ teacher prep programs may not provide adequate focus on teaching English language ...

In Delaware’s K-12 schools, there’s no shortage of students who speak various home or heritage languages and who need specialized support as they learn to speak, read and write English. What there is ...

The Oct. 27 editorial, “Boston needs more bilingual education classrooms,” is correct that Boston needs more dual-language programs. In fact, all of Massachusetts needs them. Speaking a second ...

A new program wants to help Indiana teachers get licensed to teach the state’s growing population of English language learners. The Indiana Teacher of English Language Learners, or I-TELL, program ...

Jefferson Elementary School in Mesa saw a big jump in non-English-speaking students’ proficiency in reading, writing, speaking and understanding English, according to this spring’s test scores.

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