K-12 educators in the United States are still federally required to support English learners’ acquisition of the English language, regardless of any official national language designation. That’s the ...

Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne, a staunch supporter of English-only immersion, is taking aim at the growing number of dual language programs in Arizona. Horne maintains dual language ...

The Trump administration has quietly rescinded long-standing guidance that directed schools to accommodate students who are learning English, alarming advocates who fear that schools will stop ...

EdSource · How a California professor once coded secrets in music (rebroadcast) Schools are still required under federal and state law to help students who don’t speak English to both learn the ...

January 22, 2026 - Fausto Lopez finished high school, got an associate degree and applied to attend a four-year college - all while inside juvenile detention. When schools across California canceled ...

The federal No Child Left Behind Act is spurring a host of states to craft alternative state tests in reading and mathematics for children who are learning English. But the states’ efforts could be ...

A classroom at a dual language program at a high school in Los Angeles, California. With a new secretary of education, Miguel Cardona, who was once categorized as an English learner, can EL education ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. Given what is ...

Arizona schoolchildren learning English were at the bottom of recently released statewide test scores that showed two-thirds of all students failed. For English-language learners: 2 percent passed ...