NASHUA – Most days, Danielle Boutin leaves work feeling as though she has failed. As one of precious few teachers to serve the 179 English Language Learners at Ledge Street Elementary School, she sees ...

A Pakistani 2nd grader with dyslexia, a South American girl suffering from a benign brain tumor, and a Japanese teenager experiencing symptoms of attention deficit disorder might not have a lot in ...

Middle and high school-aged English-language learners who are deemed English-proficient still often struggle to grasp math and English/language arts lessons, a recently released study found. The study ...

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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Sink or swim. That's the best way Linna Jordan can describe her experience as a new American in Ohio. "I originally came here in 1981. I was 8 years old," she said, "You were just ...

For approximately 5 million K-12 students in the United States, the typical school day has an additional, important learning component: becoming proficient in the English language. Michigan has the ...

Katie Crook, a teacher in Dorchester School District Two in suburban Summerville, South Carolina, wrote letters to her ELL students after she did not hear back from their parents through other means.

Two students in the back of Kerri Kosiner's classroom high-five and laugh. The female student puts a check mark on her paper. "East," she says in both Spanish and English, looking back at her friend.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Brockton Public Schools has 304 fewer English learners compared to last school year, bucking a trend of increasing enrollment ...

PHOENIX — A children’s advocacy group plans to monitor State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne’s efforts related to instruction for English-language learners, saying they’re concerned ...