Her beats included English-language learners, bilingual education, immigrants, dropouts, achievement-gap issues, and charter and private schools. She was the author of the blog Learning the Language .

The Trump administration has targeted aid for the instruction of English learners, who include over 104,000 students in ...

The study, “The Role of Schools in the English Language Learner Achievement Gap,” analyzes students’ test scores in mathematics drawn from three U.S. Department of Education databases.

English Language Learners in Nashua make up roughly 10 percent of the student body, with 1,185 students who are considered “active” in the program, and an additional 113 who will be “monitored” for ...

“We started the year with 290 kids identified as ELL, and we have 100 new students that we have to screen to determine their level of ability. Then we have to decide what level of help they need.

In the 2020-21 academic year, 49% of ELL students graduated, compared to 88% non-ELL students. Just 8% of local ELL students received an advanced regents diploma, 42 percentage points lower than ...

Between Aug. 29, 2018 and Jan. 15, 2019, 369 new ELL students registered with the school district, about half of whom enrolled in kindergarten.

This would make it impossible for any student in Denver’s ELL “S” program to reach any required level of academic achievement or be able to meet state assessment requirements.

Here's how to connect with families from all backgrounds. By Stephen Noonoo 10/11/17 As educators around the country know, the percentage of English language learners (ELLs) in U.S. schools is growing ...

Statewide, more than 1.3 million ELL students took the CELDT this year, with about 36 percent scoring in the “early advanced” or “advanced” performance levels of the test, officials said.