“Differentiated instruction"—both the term and the idea—can carry a lot of baggage in teaching circles. This blog has carried many posts, including a video series my colleague Katie Hull and I ...

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About 60% of California children under five speak a language other than English at home, according to research. In order to support them, the state Department of Education teamed up with a nonprofit ...

At Dos Puentes Elementary School, “red time” is for speaking Spanish and “blue time” is for speaking English. Teachers also support students as they shift between languages. Credit: Tara García ...

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.

Experts say English slang and regional dialect should not be banned from classrooms but when you're getting to grips with a second language how helpful is it to learn non-standard lingo? Experts say ...

The present study examined the relations between teacher-child interactions, teachers' Spanish use, classroom linguistic composition, and the school readiness skills of low-income, Latinx, ...

LOWER BURRELL, Pa. (KDKA) — As the number of immigrants to the United States increases, so does the need to educate the children. There are 17 school districts in Westmoreland County, and an ...