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Some educators feel bilingualism is "too lofty a goal" for English-language learners with disabilities, an attitude that could limit the educational trajectory of an already underserved population, a Lehigh University study found.

This article explores the extra hurdles for EL students and families in accessing critical counseling and case management services when needed. It focuses on a Philadelphia student's experience, but draws general conclusions.

Editors' pick of great articlesin a free downloadable PDF--on approaches to language development, ESSA and ELs, misconceptions about teaching ELs, and more.

These findings are disturbing and much more work needs to be done to ensure that ELLs are getting the services they need to stay in school and to graduate, State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia said.

This Virginia public school with a high percentage of ELs and low-income students succeeds in remarkable ways, against all odds.

This article reviews the meaning for California ELs of the new law.

This column describes one Minnesota school district's efforts to integrate ELs and their families into its schools

The size and diversity of North Dakota's EL population is growing, with 116 languages spoken, and in more--and more rural--districts.

After years of deepening child poverty, new federal data show a sharp rise in the number of homeless students who also have disabilities or limited English proficiency.

According to an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice, California's department of education and board of education have agreed to new training and monitoring procedures to make sure that language services for ELs meet requirements of the federal Equal Educational Opportunities Act.