2024 is ending with lots of questions for the nation’s growing English-learner population. It’s been one year since the U.S. Department of Education’s office of English language acquisition took back ...

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 ...

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NEW ORLEANS — It’s testing time again for public school students in Louisiana. For many who did not learn English as a primary language, it’s also an anxiety-inducing reminder that a single test could ...

Bilingual children learn best when they are supported in both English and their home language with learning materials like this bilingual picture book, displayed at Houston Elementary School in ...

The committee examined how evidence based on research relevant to the development of dual language learners/English learners from birth to age 21 can inform education and health policies and related ...