Ensuring that our English Learners are literate in reading within 3 years is critical. Recognition of the importance of bilingualism is also important but it should not take precedence over the ...

Some English learners may struggle to read because they have trouble decoding words, while others might not have the English language proficiency to understand what they’re reading, said Hernandez.

For more on this issue, and how it’s shaping reading teaching for English learners, see this story. What do school systems mean when they say the “science of reading”? Written English is a code.

To improve outcomes for English learners, let’s change how we test children’s reading Measuring only one language when the child speaks two can lead to a serious underestimation of the child ...

Make the reading-writing connection by exposing ESL learners to a wide variety of literary forms in reading and then provide opportunities for learners to construct their own forms to share with ...

In the agricultural regions of California’s San Joaquin Valley, schools like Firebaugh Middle School are surrounded by fields ...

Among those classified as English learners, only 16% met the standards for reading and writing. Once students are reading and writing in English at grade level, they are usually reclassified as fluent ...