This model provides scaffolded active engagement and opportunities for guided practice to help students master new skills.

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 ...

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

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 ...

First grader Aizlynn Castillo works on an assignment in Diana Oviedo-Holguin’s English-learner class at Heritage Elementary ...

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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 ...

To kick-start Hispanic Heritage Month, students at Brashear High School festooned the building’s south wing corridors with bright murals, forming a tapestry of color that reflects the school’s ...

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 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 ...

The number of English-language learners is on the rise. But schools with the biggest populations are in just a few areas of ...