Colorado Public Radio

In Aurora high schools, students learning English as a new language might get new materials

In Aurora, high school students who are learning English as a new language spend 45 minutes per day in a class specifically designed to help them improve their language skills. But their teachers have ...
kfoxtv

House bill could exempt English-learning students from tests, help schools' accountability rating

EL PASO, Texas -- On Tuesday, House Bill 66, authored by Representative Mary Gonzalez, District 75, passed the Public Education Committee at the state Capitol. The piece of legislation would exempt ...
Yahoo

Some Lebanon districts are seeing a rise in English learning students. What are the challenges?

Each day, Valerie Carroll, an English Language Development teacher at Palmyra Area School District spends the first hours of her day at the high school, teaching two periods of ELD, then quickly ...
Click2Houston

After six years of low scores for students learning English, Texas educators say it’s the test’s fault

Read full article: TSA worker facing eviction finds relief after KPRC 2 story sparks community support The entrance to George Bush Intercontinental Airport. English learners' scores in a test designed ...
OnMilwaukee

South Division English-learning students get an early start to college

Jesús Daniel Ruiz Villamil just started learning English when he came to South Division High School from Colombia in 2020. By his junior year, he was earning college credit by taking dual enrollment ...
Ibj.com

Matt Carlton: Let’s invest in English proficiency for students, families

¿Habla espanol? Many Hoosiers do, with nearly 5% of households in Indiana reporting they speak Spanish at home. Eske ou pale Kreyòl? The Haitian community is quickly growing in Indianapolis. According ...
Newsday

More bilingual-certified teachers are needed, advocates say, as number of English-learning students rises

For some elementary students at Jackson Avenue School in Mineola, math lessons are taught early in the day, in English. Later that same day, a switch occurs: Those students learn about Machu Picchu ...
MLive

How Michigan students learning English are progressing as Trump rolls back support

The number of Michigan K-12 students who need help learning English in school is on the rise, but data tracking growth in those language skills varies widely around the state. The Michigan Department ...
Capital Gazette

‘I do want to learn more’: Anne Arundel County program opens pathways to college for English-learning students

Javier Orellana never considered going to college when he immigrated to Annapolis from El Salvador in 2018. Following his move, he enrolled at Annapolis High School as a freshman with little knowledge ...
KSAT

After six years of low scores for students learning English, Texas educators say it’s the test’s fault

English learners' scores in a test designed to assess their handling of the language saw a sharp drop six years ago and have remained low. The drop coincided with the state's redesign of the test, ...
Odessa American

After six years of low scores for students learning English, Texas educators say it’s the test’s fault

English-learning students’ scores on a state test designed to measure their mastery of the language fell sharply and have stayed low since 2018 — a drop that bilingual educators say might have less to ...