Learning and teaching the English language can be a challenging task. There are so many things that can confuse anyone, even ...

English learners are sometimes an afterthought in 'science of reading' policies. Some educators want to change that.

Over the past few years, some states have spent millions of dollars and passed new laws in an attempt to shift the way that schools teach kids how to read. These efforts take aim at commonly used ...

A panel of experts told EdSource on Tuesday that for English language learners, it’s important to balance phonics and other reading skills all students need with opportunities to grow students’ ...

Northlake Elementary School teacher Maria Bueno said growing up speaking Spanish, she had to work much harder to learn at school. Bueno grew up in a Hispanic household and said she benefited from the ...

Schools are still required under federal and state law to help students who don’t speak English to both learn the language and understand the content of their classes. That’s the message California ...

Teaching young learners in the pandemic has been challenging for many educators, but those instructing English language learners virtually face even steeper obstacles. Shuxin Chen, who teachers ...

If Lake Elementary School had looked only at the student’s math assessment in English, teachers would have worried about him. But when he took the same exam in Spanish, Principal Paola Elena Zepher ...

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 ...

For some elementary students at Jackson Avenue School in Mineola, math lessons are taught early in the day, in English. Later that same day, a switch occurs: Those students learn about Machu Picchu ...