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To Truly Serve English Learners, Start With Curriculum — and Don’t Stop There

Angélica Infante-Green

Nearly $7 Billion for Schools in Jeopardy as Ed Dept. Holds Up Federal Funds

Linda Jacobson

How My California Middle School Uses Glyphs to Teach English Learners to Read

Gerrett Suárez

Immigrants Keep Lining Up to Learn English as City Hall Cuts Support

Haidee Chu

Texas Outshines California in its Approach to Teaching English Learners

Conor P. Williams

Trump Ed Department Decimates Office Serving 5 Million Students Learning English

Kalyn Belsha

As Immigrant Students Flee in Fear of ICE Raids, Teachers Offer Heartfelt Gifts

Jo Napolitano

California Banned Bilingual Education for Almost 20 Years. It Still Hasn’t Recovered

Tara García Mathewson

California School Dashboard Shows Some Student Improvements

Carolyn Jones

In Los Angeles, a Teacher Residency Program Creates Bilingual Teachers

Conor P. Williams

Language Diversity Is an Asset. Embracing It Can Help All Learners Succeed

Maya Valencia Goodall & Kristie Shelley

Former English Learners in Chicago Public Schools Outdo Peers on GPA, Graduation

Jo Napolitano

Mass. Will Do Away With High School Standardized Testing Graduation Requirement

Amanda Geduld

New Research: Immigrant Students Boost English Learners’ Academic Performance

Jo Napolitano

Good for All Kids, Pre-K Programs Are Especially Beneficial for English Learners

Conor P. Williams

How Are English Learners Doing? The Answers Right Now Are Broad and Incomplete

Leslie Villegas

Too Hard or Too Easy: The ‘Big, Statewide Fight’ Over MA. Graduation Requirement

Amanda Geduld

New Report: Special Ed Students, English Learners Face Greatest Setbacks

Amanda Geduld

Immigrant Advocates Call on Massachusetts AG to Probe Enrollment Discrimination

Jo Napolitano

Texas Educators Blame Test for English Learners’ Low Test Scores

Keaton Peters

In Troubling Shift, English Learners Outpace Peers in Chronic Absenteeism in CA

Amanda Geduld

Parents Invoke ‘Brown’ in Lawsuit over Closure of RI School for English Learners

Ciara Meyer

California Celebrates Its Linguistic Diversity While Shortchanging Bilingual Ed

Conor P. Williams

As Feds Invest in New Bilingual Teachers, State Licensing Hurdles Must Go

Conor P. Williams & Shantel Meek

New Report: How Districts Can Protect Fair Access to Dual Language Programs

Conor P. Williams & Shantel Meek

As Schools Brace for More English Learners, How Well Are They Being Served Now

Jo Napolitano

Unhappy Anniversary: Year After Invasion, Mixed Emotions for Ukrainians in U.S.

Jo Napolitano

English Learners Make Significant Gains in Reading Despite Pandemic Disruptions

Jo Napolitano

Latino Students Will Soon Be 30% of All Public School Enrollment: Now What?

Conor P. Williams

Test English Learners in the Languages They Speak at School and at Home

Lillian Duran

What Barring Immigrant Students from School Would Mean for Them — & the Country

Carola Suárez-Orozco

Study Shows Stronger Outcomes for English Learners with Early Access to Pre-K Programs

Leigh Giangreco

Confronting English Learners Stark Under-Representation in Gifted & Talented

Jo Napolitano

Recognizing and Meeting the Needs of Indigenous-Speaking Students

Caroline Osborn

COVID Learning Loss: In Texas, Students Learning English Fall Further Behind

Brian Lopez

Exclusive Data: Absenteeism Surged Among English Learners During Pandemic

Asher Lehrer-Small

Study: Students Less Likely to Transfer Out of Newark Charter Schools

Kevin Mahnken