The school year has begun, which for many young children means they have entered a brand-new environment and sometimes are faced with a whole new language to learn. Brain science tells us that ...

Six years ago, Ensemble Learning, an organization dedicated to helping dual-language programs through curriculum building and professional development, received a federal grant to support its efforts ...

Despite being one the states with the highest number of bilingual children, Arizona is one of the worst states for them to go ...

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The committee examined how evidence based on research relevant to the development of dual language learners/English learners from birth to age 21 can inform education and health policies and related ...

English learners represent one of the fastest-growing student groups in U.S. schools, yet educators consistently report that they feel underprepared to meet these students’ needs. This forum will ...

If Lake Elementary School had looked only at the student’s math assessment in English, teachers would have worried about him. But when he took the same exam in Spanish, Principal Paola Elena Zepher ...

Gov. Katie Hobbs visited two dual language immersion programs on Tuesday, where she witnessed students learning in English for half of the day and in Spanish or Mandarin Chinese for the other half.

Two in five students in California public schools speak languages other than English at home. The state still has a long way to go to bring all those students to proficiency in English and help them ...

Arizona Schools Chief Tom Horne does not have the authority to withhold funding from schools that offer dual language programs, Attorney General Kris Mayes said in a legal opinion issued Monday, a ...

The committee examined how evidence based on research relevant to the development of dual language learners/English learners from birth to age 21 can inform education and health policies and related ...