The terminology used to classify students in need of specialized support to acquire the English language in public schools has shifted over time, gradually embracing more positive connotations of ...

English learners accounted for 10.6 percent of all public school students in fall 2021, up from 9.4 percent in fall 2011. That’s according to federal data updated in May which tracks this student ...

English learner (EL) students represent the fastest growing student group in the United States over the past two decades, with numbers of EL students in public schools soaring in "new destination" ...

English learners make up 17% of California students, but few are comfortable enough to show up when decisions that affect ...

English Learners in STEM Subjects: Transforming Classrooms, Schools, and Lives recognizes that ELs comprise a diverse and multitalented pool of learners, yet these students continue to be ...

Educators and policymakers have long thought that children who entered school still learning English lagged behind their fellow students—an idea backed by years of data. But according to new research ...

For English learners, acquiring language proficiency opens the door to thrive across all subjects. However, learning a new language can be a long, difficult process that requires courage, resilience ...

In a small room in Philadelphia's school administration building, Rosario Maribel Mendoza Lemus, 16, sits in a corner, rubbing sweaty palms on her jeans. In front of her is a binder with a test she ...

A year ago, the kindergartners learning English in Tanya Gan Lim's class were thriving. Back then, she'd bring in props and pictures to help her students learn the language and sound out words. Then ...

Mohammed, a 14-year-old Syrian whose family resettled in the U.S. four years ago, is eager to go back to in-person schooling. Although the thought of the classroom brings up painful memories of being ...

“There’s no urgency to address their needs because they appear to be yellow when in fact if you disaggregate English learners from reclassified students, English learners are in the red,” Hernandez ...

Like a growing number of U.S. students today, Miguel Cardona learned English in school, not at home. By Kevin Carey When Miguel Cardona was 5, he started kindergarten in public school. His parents had ...