The melting pot metaphor is stronger than ever in American schools today. With 40 million foreign-born residents currently in the U.S., 17 percent of whom have entered the country between 2005 and ...
The district’s English Language Arts achievement is rising along with mathematics scores improving. Additionally, fewer ...
Your article “Literacy Instruction Expected to Cross the Curriculum” (“Rethinking Literacy: Reading in the Common-Core Era,” Special Report, Nov. 14, 2012) brought up clear examples of the development ...
SPRINGDALE -- The Springdale School District has seen a significant increase in the number of students exiting English-as-a-second-language programs this year. Springdale officials attribute the ...
The English learner population is growing but the number of specialized instructors for them and training for general education teachers who work with them is lagging. Researchers and educators say ...
In Michigan, public schools are quietly undergoing a major shift. While overall enrollment declines, the number of English ...
SPRINGDALE -- The School District has seen a significant increase in the number of students exiting English-as-a-second-language programs this year. Springdale School District officials attribute the ...
The federal government has cancelled the national policy mandating the use of indigenous languages as the medium of ...
The report recommended the language of instruction to be the predominant language spoken in the schools' catchment area for ...
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 ...