Here’s a collection of the English-learner-focused stories that resonated most with EdWeek readers in 2025. In July, the U.S. Department of Justice published guidance on how federal agencies could ...

As the nation shifts to online learning during the novel coronavirus outbreak, language and access barriers may shut many of the nation’s nearly 5 million English-learner students out of the learning ...

English learning app companies have launched major promotions targeting learners aiming to study English in the new year.

English learners need foundational skills like phonics and vocabulary in addition to instruction in speaking and understanding English and connections to their home languages. Those are two agreements ...

As California launches a new literacy campaign, some advocates worry that for English learners, a focus on sounding out words will come at the expense of learning the meaning of words. State ...

NEW ORLEANS — It’s testing time again for public school students in Louisiana. For many who did not learn English as a primary language, it’s also an anxiety-inducing reminder that a single test could ...

Shawna Shapiro, an associate professor of writing and linguistics at Middlebury College, outlined tactics to help English Learners transition to college in a recent report published by the think tank ...

English Learners in STEM Subjects: Transforming Classrooms, Schools, and Lives recognizes that ELs comprise a diverse and multitalented pool of learners, yet these students continue to be ...

The state law requires schools to get written parental permission to take audio recordings of students, including the state’s ...

The number of Chuukese and Spanish speakers in DOE schools has been rising, while schools are seeing fewer students fluent in ...