NASHUA – Most days, Danielle Boutin leaves work feeling as though she has failed. As one of precious few teachers to serve the 179 English Language Learners at Ledge Street Elementary School, she sees ...

Margo Gottlieb answered questions about what it takes to create English-language-proficiency standards and assessments and how those tools can be used to improve instruction. Educators have struggled ...

The proposed rules attached to new federal grants aimed at helping states collaborate in creating new assessments aligned with the common academic standards are likely to spur dramatic shifts in ...

For approximately 5 million K-12 students in the United States, the typical school day has an additional, important learning component: becoming proficient in the English language. Michigan has the ...

Megan Sommers projects her computer screen for her class of English language learners on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024, at Taylor Allderdice High School in Squirrel Hill. (Photo by Anastasia ...

Bridging the digital divide and tailoring ed tech tools to ELL students’ needs can help schools ensure they’re learning and thriving. Micah Castelo is a web editor for EdTech: Focus on K-12. Her ...

NASHUA – Imagine being a teenager with a native tongue of Spanish, Vietnamese, or Arabic and arriving at Nashua High School North or South. You end up working so hard just to fit in and learn English ...

Melvin Gowah's enthusiasm would make most teachers beam. During a recent language arts lesson, the seventh-grader jumped up to write an answer on the classroom's whiteboard. But teacher Jennifer Frueh ...

Students from Iraq, Mexico and Burma are driving an unprecedented increase in the number of English Language Learners at Lincoln Public Schools, prompting officials to budget $1.2 million to hire ...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Reading a book can open up a whole new world of possibilities. That's why 13 Action News is proud to be part of our company literacy campaign called "If You Give A Child a Book …” ...

Though Maria Cosme’s Allegheny Valley students speak more than half a dozen languages from four continents, one tongue unites ...

The English Language Learners (ELL) population in Springfield City Schools has steadily increased over the last few years by 630 students, according to new district data. ELL students are those whose ...