The federal government forces schools to teach non-native English speakers but won't pay for it, even as costs grow for Indianapolis Public Schools.

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law, that will break down academic achievement data for subgroups of English learners. Assembly Bill 1868 requires the California Department of Education to report ...

English learners accounted for 10.6 percent of all public school students in fall 2021, up from 9.4 percent in fall 2011. That’s according to federal data updated in May which tracks this student ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While the average American student has recovered about one-third of pandemic learning losses in math and about a quarter in ...

The pandemic disrupted school attendance across the country. Chronic absenteeism rose sharply between 2018-19 and its peak in 2021-22, and although rates have declined, the initial surge and the pace ...

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 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 ...

Governor Ned Lamont wants to make it easier for Connecticut students to learn English as a secondary language. He has proposed the English Learners' Bill of Rights, which would establish better ...

A new bill aims to automatically reclassify students as "fluent and English-proficient" when they score 4 on the proficiency ...

Louisiana’s first alternative program to certify teachers of English learners will seek final approval Wednesday from the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education in hopes of addressing a shortage ...