SPRINGDALE -- The Springdale School District has seen a significant increase in the number of students exiting English-as-a-second-language programs this year. Springdale officials attribute the ...

January 8, 2026 - It's time for John Fensterwald's annual predictions for what's in store for education in 2026. In 2014, the California State Board of Education adopted the evidence-based and ...

The melting pot metaphor is stronger than ever in American schools today. With 40 million foreign-born residents currently in the U.S., 17 percent of whom have entered the country between 2005 and ...

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, ...

As more states and districts are embracing the “science of reading,” some educators and advocates have raised the question: Will these methods work for English-language learners? The “science of ...

Update: This article was updated to reflect the Nov. 4 board vote and clarify the comments of Barbara Mandelbaum. The State Board of Education adopted a new set of instructional materials and ...

SPRINGDALE -- The School District has seen a significant increase in the number of students exiting English-as-a-second-language programs this year. Springdale School District officials attribute the ...

Arizona school districts have been given permission to cut the time some English-language learners spend in a mandatory immersion program known as the four-hour block. The change, approved by the ...

Schools in San Bernardino and Los Angeles counties this year did not increase the percentage of English learners scoring at advanced performance levels. The California English Language Development ...