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 ...

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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 ...

Many states have failed to enact policies that support young children from families in which languages other than English are spoken, a new report from the Washington-based Migration Policy Institute ...

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Este artículo está disponible en español. Léelo en español. As California expands transitional kindergarten, English learner advocates are urging school districts to prioritize children learning ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--First 5 California released a new brief by the American Institutes for Research (AIR) as part of the $20 million initiative to promote high‑quality early learning ...