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Western Armenian will be taught as a language of instruction at a California public school for the first time in fall 2027, as Glendale Unified School District prepares to open a new bilingual program to help preserve the language for future generations.The program will launch at Glenoaks Elementary School with its first kindergarten class during the 2027-28 academic year. Students will spend half their school day learning in Western Armenian and the other half in English, studying subjects such
For generations, Chinese immigrants and their children have pursued educational equity. Their fights helped redefine what it means to belong in America.
Devices and AI-powered tools can lead to engagement or isolation, researchers and advocates say.
San Jose's Alum Rock Union Elementary School District is considering reopening a campus it previously closed thanks to a successful dual language immersion program.
Maya Valencia Goodall, Amelia Larson, and Miguel Cardona explain why structure, language, and literacy belong together A midsized urban district serving many Multilingual Learners did something unique: looked hard at their data before the pandemic hit, not after. It would have been easy to let COVID take the blame for what they found, and that’s […]
How districts are navigating older English learners, AI tools, and early screening to build practical paths to success.
The San Diego County Office of Education invites school and district leaders, instructional coaches, and elementary classroom teachers to a three-session training experience focused on using journalism to support students learning English.
Yes We Can World Foundation provides bilingual education to kids awaiting asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border. LX News contributor Moon Mandel brings you inside a converted 55-passenger bus where classes are held, and students can receive clothing, food and assistance in the immigration process.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has unveiled a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would eliminate bilingual instruction requirements in federal Head Start classrooms, establishing the first national English-only directive for early childhood education. Published under the administrative title Reducing Federal Burden for Head Start Programs, the draft regulations would dismantle longstanding […]
A new Pew survey found gaps remain in schools' language-course offerings.
The U.S. Department of Education (ED) will continue to send billions of formula dollars through its own online G5 grants system this fall, and not through the portal run by the Department of Labor, where most K-12 programs have been moved. This includes $10.8 billion of Title I formula grants for schools serving low-income students […]
Sailee Charlu, 17, is hoping to get a bill sponsored in the California Legislature that would codify more pathways to multilingual learning
Research shows how the reclassification of older English learners in Texas carries varied outcomes.
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California has over 1,000 schools with dual language immersion programs, but the state aims to have 1,600 programs by 2030.
In our increasingly interconnected world, multilingualism is a superpower. The ability to communicate effectively in more than one language helps people think flexibly, understand different cultures, and succeed in the workforce. Businesses value multilingual employees to expand services and connect with international companies. The Iowa Department of Education recognizes these skills through the Seal of […]
CU Boulder's BUENO Center for Multicultural Education celebrated its 50th anniversary with an evening in September honoring its roots in community, culture and biliteracy while coming together to invest in the next generation and the future of educational equity. See photos from the event and learn more about the evening.
States and school systems are wrestling with how to help learners of English of all age levels.
French officials recently recognized three Utah schools with awards of excellence for their dual-language French programming.
Increasingly in the Metro Nashville schools, general-education and English-learner teachers team up.
A House GOP bill would erase the entire $890M Title III fund for English learners. Texas and Illinois schools face the biggest losses if it passes.
A new report highlights the challenges and solutions to offering bilingual education in high school.
Mapping Content and Language DevelopmentHigh-quality materials align content knowledge and disciplinary language, spiraling language functions and features across the program so students build the language they need to access texts and complete tasks.Essential question to ask when evaluating...
California school districts each determine their own policies for reclassifying English Learners as proficient, an approach that is contrary to federal law and may be holding some EL students back from access to mainstream curricula. Our survey of almost 350 districts reveals areas across the reclassification process that can be streamlined and improved.
At the end of July, Representatives Deborah Ross (NC-02), Valerie Foushee (NC-04), and Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) introduced the Advancing International and Foreign Language Education Act to support foreign language and international education programs at colleges and universities by reauthorizing Title VI of the Higher Education Act—the Fulbright-Hays programs. Specifically, the Advancing International and Foreign Language […]
Research shows it's not necessary to lose a home language to learn English.
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