My family moved to the United States when I was 12 — Just like many other immigrant students, I faced a significant language barrier. While my parents had come seeking better educational opportunities ...

Megan Sommers projects her computer screen for her class of English language learners on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024, at Taylor Allderdice High School in Squirrel Hill. (Photo by Anastasia ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Each day, Valerie Carroll, an English Language Development teacher at Palmyra Area School District spends the first hours of her ...

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 ...

The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted many, if not all education systems worldwide. In Virginia, recent data indicates that the Standards of Learning (SOL) test scores have not yet returned to pre-pandemic ...

Melvin Gowah's enthusiasm would make most teachers beam. During a recent language arts lesson, the seventh-grader jumped up to write an answer on the classroom's whiteboard. But teacher Jennifer Frueh ...

Punjabi students are pictured here in August during a Whiteland High School Punjabi class. The growing Punjabi population is driving much of the demand for English Language Learner classes at the ...

To kick-start Hispanic Heritage Month, students at Brashear High School festooned the building’s south wing corridors with bright murals, forming a tapestry of color that reflects the school’s ...

QUINCY — Quincy Public Schools plans to hire a teacher for English language learners in the 2024-25 year, but what the program looks like for K-12 students still needs to be determined. The district’s ...