The United States experienced phenomenal growth in the number of English-language learners over the first decade of the 21st century, expanding the need in many public schools to provide special ...

Most English learners in California schools are seriously underperforming and most of their teachers are not prepared to meet their needs, according to a professor in the School of Education. Patricia ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Rockefeller Institute wants to see schools with students who are least fluent receive more aid for English 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 ...

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 ...

MinnPost’s reporting is always free, but it isn’t free to produce. We rely on donations from our readers to fund our independent journalism. In many middle and high schools, students spend hundreds of ...

One of the more controversial issues in internationalization is the dominance of English as language of instruction and the dissemination of scholarship. Recently, two countries seem to be at the ...

As California launches a new literacy campaign, some advocates worry that for English learners, a focus on sounding out words will come at the expense of learning the meaning of words. State ...