There’s a strong and growing demand for schools to provide instruction across grade levels and subjects that leads to students who are bilingual and biliterate. In this sixth installment on the growth ...

Young English-language learners who are still developing oral and literacy skills in their home languages benefit most in early-childhood programs that regularly expose them to both languages. That’s ...

Early childhood education programs in California have a critically important role to play in preparing children whose first language is not English to succeed in kindergarten and beyond, according to ...

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This article is part of the Education special section. Read more here. Dual language programs, according to Washington’s Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, are the most effective ...

Donación Garcia wanted what was best for his daughter Gabriella, so he enrolled her in an English-only classroom and declined his district’s offer to also provide instruction in Spanish, a language ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--First 5 California released Quick Facts: Professional Development to Support Teachers of Young Dual Language Learners in California, a new brief by the American ...

EdSource · California high schoolers get a crash course in finance One critical component of the governor’s strategies should be to lay a strong foundation for our state’s youngest ...

True or false? The United States has a long tradition of bilingual education. True! According to linguist and historian Heinz Kloss, as early as the 1800s, bilingual instruction was happening across ...

About 60% of California children under five speak a language other than English at home, according to research. In order to support them, the state Department of Education teamed up with a nonprofit ...

Arizona Schools Chief Tom Horne does not have the authority to withhold funding from schools that offer dual language programs, Attorney General Kris Mayes said in a legal opinion issued Monday, a ...