However, for some students, this can be more of a challenge because English is not their native language. By developing linguistic profiles that go beyond standardized testing and leveraging these ...

For instance, Black students may be fluent in African American Vernacular English and can use translanguaging activities to engage in academic classroom English, Johnson said.

Spanish. Arabic. Chinese. Vietnamese. Portuguese. Russian. Haitian Creole. These are among the many, many languages spoken at home by students who attend schools across the U.S. For those who didn’t ...

About 1 in 3 students in California’s K-12 schools speak a language other than English at home and were not fluent in English ...

Changes to English-as-a-second-language (ESL) credit courses have been underway since the implementation of Assembly Bill 705, which nominally took effect in January 2018 and aimed to get ...

by Ruth Surenthiraraj In her Kuppi Talk article “The dispossession of a voice through English in Sri Lanka” (6 February 2024), Selvaraj Vishvika delves into the myriad troubles that accompany the ...

If you are curious about the world, the growing number of English Language Learners in your classroom represents a tremendous opportunity to connect with students from all over the planet as well as ...

English Language Learner students are outpacing the resources available in the Savannah Chatham County school ... Her 13-year-old son Alid is struggling to find his footing in the classroom. ...

The school district’s 2023 data shows that English language learners in third through fifth grades had a 17.5 proficiency rate in reading English compared with 40.1 percent for native speakers.

Only about 7 percent of English language learners in the Boston Public Schools are enrolled in dual-language programs, a proven approach that provides some lessons in the student’s native language.

Pennsylvania schools supporting English language learners 02:05. LOWER BURRELL, Pa. ... Any educator's gonna have a soft spot for a child that's in the classroom that needs help," Egnor said.