Students acquiring the English language are one of the fastest growing populations of K-12 public school students in the country. Legally, districts are required to provide them with adequate ...

Lynmara Colón, Ph.D., is director of student opportunity and multilingual learners in the Prince William County schools in Virginia: In the mosaic of American education, English learners add vibrant ...

“What do you want your teacher to know about you?” Esther considered the question, sitting in a small room with Ms. Odette, the interpreter who was working with her to complete her learning profile—a ...

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 ...

Celia Bowman-Jeffries remembers the moment the light bulb went off for a little boy who knew no English when she first started working with him. She could see he was incredibly intelligent, but he was ...