Resource Library

In this webinar, the author of a recent issue brief, Julie Sugarman, discusses the key features of EL instructional models. She is joined by experts who discuss state- and district-level approaches to supporting schools in implementing effective programs.

Designating early elementary students who are close to being proficient in English as English-language learners can have "significant and positive effects on the academic achievement" of the students, new research concludes.

Families of English-language-learner students in the Houston school district are less likely to take advantage of the district's robust school choice options than other students, a study from Rice University's Kinder Institute for Urban Research found.

When the Every Student Succeeds Act passed in 2015, there was widespread worry that states would walk away from making sure that particular groups of studentsEnglish-language learners, students in special education, and racial minoritiesmattered in their school accountability systems.

Bilingual people may be better equipped to learn new languages than those who only speak one language, according to a study published in the academic journal Bilingualism: Language and Cognition.

A teacher of EL students provides practical strategies for how to teach Tier two words (per the Common Core Standards, words that are more likely to appear in written text than in speech) to ELs.

The Reaching English Learners Act, introduced in the House on January 18 by a group of Democrats in Congress, would create a grant program under Title II of the Higher Education Act to help colleges and school districts prepare qualified teachers to serve growing numbers of EL students.

Teachers can be first responders in addressing the social and emotional well-being of immigrant students.

States are working to make sure that's not the case, said several state chiefs who spoke on a recent panel moderated by the executive director of the Council of Chief State School Officers.