Imagine two students entering kindergarten: Rosi and Maya. Both have grown up in families that speak a non-English language around the house. However, both come to their new classrooms with relatively ...

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 ...

SACRAMENTO (KCBS) - A bill that would require the state Department of Education to review and analyze how California schools identify English learners has been sent to Gov. Jerry Brown's desk for ...

Nearly 3,000 San Francisco students who started school in the city as English learners were reclassified as fluent in the language last year while untold thousands of other students across the state ...

As the 2018 "Elementary Teacher of the Year," I am honored and blessed to be the voice for all children. One of the most encouraging and amazing things I see each day in the classroom is that our ...

After finding a wide difference across states, researchers at the University of Wisconsin are recommending more research be done on how students are classified as “long-term English learners” — those ...

When students test out of an English-learner program, or are reclassified as proficient in English, they report a higher sense of self and a greater belief in their ability to complete challenging ...