Public schools in Bartholomew County and the surrounding area have seen a 21% increase in English learner students over the past three school years, continuing a nearly two-decade trend in which that ...
Three elementary-aged students sitting on floor in circle. Learning a different language can be a point of pride, but there is a practical advantage too. Job postings seeking bilingual or trilingual ...
Sarah Mireles had her first encounter with a student who didn’t speak English decades ago when Mireles was a middle school student attending Greeley schools. Today, nearly half the population at ...
At Maplewood Elementary School, 140 English language learners have moved up a proficiency level on their English assessment. School staff members applauded the students’ progress and achievements by ...
Forty-five languages are spoken by students across Northville Public Schools, where the diversity of its small English-learner population ― about 540 students in K-12 or roughly 22% of all students ― ...
When Abdul Zaman's family resettled in Erie in January 2022 after Kabul, Afghanistan, fell to the Taliban, he said his children weren't afraid of their new surroundings. "They were excited when they ...
By not devoting enough attention to developing English proficiency among non-native speaking ELs, these students are ...
Marisa DeSerio, who teaches English-language learners at Pulaski Street Intermediate School in Riverhead, makes changes to her lessons every year. In the past two years, though, she’s tinkered even ...
LAS CRUCES - Only 3 percent of English language learners in New Mexico's public schools passed the standardized proficiency exam in 2019. In 2017, less than 1 percent of students passed. The previous ...