Twenty years ago, Licking Heights Local Schools was a rural district with a predominantly English-speaking student population. In 2023, a visitor walking down the hall might hear a group of students ...

During the summer, I am sharing thematic posts bringing together responses on similar topics from the past 11 years. You can see all those collections from the first 10 years here. Today’s theme is ...

The third-grader lay on the floor on his stomach on the fringe of a group of students, working intently in his math workbook. He looks up at teacher Courtney Hauge and said, "I did it." Hauge looks at ...

As schools continue to serve an increasingly diverse student body, many educators face the challenge of meeting the needs of English Language Learners (ELLs) in content-rich classrooms. While it may ...

Coral Ortiz felt pretty “connected” to the discussion topic at her first ever Board of Education meeting: how to improve bilingual education in New Haven. A teaching assistant for a bilingual class, ...

[Editor's note: Kylie is a journalism student at Western. She recently took a class where she focused on reporting news at a community level, where she focused on the Barkley neighborhood.] This year, ...

These failures disproportionately impact Spanish, Chinese, Russian, Bengali, and Arabic-speaking communities, with ...

The Flores lawsuit to compel the state to spend more money on English language learners is lumbering, in its 16th year, toward its next manufactured crisis. U.S. District Court Judge Raner Collins has ...

The new question of the week is: Please take out your crystal ball and make some predictions about English-language learners and U.S. schools 10 years from now. How many ELL students might there be?