Almost 1 in 4 students are enrolled in a dual-language, Spanish-English program in the Southside schools in San Antonio. So when the district embraced the “science of reading,” it prioritized figuring ...

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Years ago, the Beaverton school district in Oregon participated in a study to determine the right models for improving English learners’ academic achievement. The results, which came out in 2019, ...

Dual-language books (DLBs) are ones with the story told in two languages—sometimes with both languages on the same page, and other times in a two-page spread with the first language on one page and ...

English learners need foundational skills like phonics and vocabulary in addition to instruction in speaking and understanding English and connections to their home languages. Those are two agreements ...

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. — Spanish courses are common in schools, but classrooms in Volusia County are taking things a step further. Students are learning in both English and Spanish throughout the school ...

Este artículo está disponible en español. Léelo en español. High school senior Martha Hernandez was born in Baja California, Mexico, and came to the U.S. when she was 10 years old, in fifth grade. She ...

Meeker Elementary School’s Noheli Batres came to the United States from Mexico in third grade as a non-English speaker. Reflecting on the difficult time she faced navigating a new language in a new ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Houston parents like Jessica Campos are angry, claiming HISD dual-language schools are moving away from the 50-50 teaching method and shifting to focus more on English. "This ...

A judge has tossed out a lawsuit by state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne that tried to bar students not proficient in English from participating in dual language programs. Horne filed ...