English learners accounted for 10.6 percent of all public school students in fall 2021, up from 9.4 percent in fall 2011. That’s according to federal data updated in May which tracks this student ...

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The terminology used to classify students in need of specialized support to acquire the English language in public schools has shifted over time, gradually embracing more positive connotations of ...

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 ...

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

I still remember a student I taught in Virginia early in my career. He was maybe 13 or 14, and he’d come to this country on a raft. People died on that journey. When he arrived, he couldn’t read in ...

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Governor Ned Lamont wants to make it easier for Connecticut students to learn English as a secondary language. He has proposed the English Learners' Bill of Rights, which would establish better ...

The bill would impact almost 25,000 English-learner students in Stanislaus County, per the 2024-25 school year.

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 ...

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