Students in South Seattle and six South King County districts speak 167 different languages, a linguistic diversity on par with New York City’s school system, which tops 180. Kids who don’t speak ...

Civil rights groups sued the state Department of Education and the Board of Education on Wednesday, saying they are failing in their obligation to require school districts to provide 20,318 English ...

There are millions of English-language Learners in U.S. schools, and many—if not most—of them are in mainstream classes with students who are much more proficient in English. Given that situation, how ...

MIAMI (AP) – Duna Lopez started school in Miami last fall not knowing a single word of English. The 8-year-old girl from Barcelona, Spain, with dark blond hair was placed in the Coral Way Bilingual ...

In many middle and high schools, students spend hundreds of hours a year on English language arts (ELA) assignments that don’t ask enough of them. Too many students are working on below-grade-level ...

Forty-five languages are spoken by students across Northville Public Schools, where the diversity of its small English-learner population ― about 540 students in K-12 or roughly 22% of all students ― ...

LONDON -- The PowerPoint used here by Russell H. Kaschula at a discussion of English as an increasingly global language of instruction was different from those of the other presenters. Key words and ...

The Little Rock School District will offer dual language instruction programs at Watson and Chicot elementary schools ...

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, ...

The Little Rock School District is making history in The Natural State, starting the first-ever dual language instruction ...

PHOENIX — A children’s advocacy group plans to monitor State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne’s efforts related to instruction for English-language learners, saying they’re concerned ...

Every year, Monica Mesa, principal of Longfellow Elementary School in Mesa, has to decide which school activities her more than 100 English-learning students will miss. Sometimes they'll miss ...