Education Week

English-Language-Learner Classification Can Impede Student Growth, Study Finds

English-language-learner services are designed, in theory, to prevent educational inequity, but for some students the specialized services may be reinforcing it. A new study out of the University of ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Back to School: What does it mean to empower a world-class learner?

Prisha is the Student Board member on the Poway Unified Board of Education and graduating senior from Mt. Carmel High School. She was invited by Superintendent Marian Kim Phelps to share her ...
The Hechinger Report

English learners stopped coming to class during the pandemic. One group is tackling the problem by helping their parents

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 ...
Idaho Statesman

Fluent in English, Idaho student was put in an English Learner class. What happened?

Jennifer Vidales struggled with English in the second grade, when she began attending Desert Springs Elementary School in Nampa after transferring mid-school year. With little communication and no ...