Students who are multilingual learners of English (MLE) play an important role in U.S. society but are often marginalized, misunderstood and underserved in the postsecondary system. Using data from ...

Leslie M. Babinski, Steven J. Amendum, Steven E. Knotek, Marta Sanchez Young children who are learning English require special consideration during virtual instruction due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A student walks down the hall at ourBRIDGE for Kids, an afterschool program for immigrant and refugee children in Charlotte. Credit: Ariel Gilreath/The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one ...

Bridging the digital divide and tailoring ed tech tools to ELL students’ needs can help schools ensure they’re learning and thriving. Micah Castelo is a web editor for EdTech: Focus on K-12. Her ...

Nearly 3 in 4 American classrooms now includes at least one English-language learner, and these students make up roughly 1 in 10 public school students. While their numbers continue to rise quickly, ...

Teachers of Alabama, a new series from AL.com's Education Lab, features educators who are implementing solutions to some of the most pressing issues facing schools in the state. Kristy Estes and her ...

As students return to in-person classes, some California teachers are focused on giving English learners lots of time to talk and write about their feelings. In order to learn to speak, read and write ...

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 ― ...

Schools are still required under federal and state law to help students who don’t speak English to both learn the language and understand the content of their classes. That’s the message California ...