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Two district leaders from Florida and California, respectively, share important lessons in seeing bilingualism as an asset, and the importance of providing ELs with clear language models.

New research points to a distinct language-learning benefit for people who grow up bilingual or learn another language at an early age.

Two new reports make the case that state-level work to meet ELs' needs is more important than ever under the Every Student Succeeds Act.

New standards for the scoring of a widely-used English proficiency test have made it much more difficult for students to be judged as proficient.

Research published in Mind, Brain and Education suggests that exposing ELs to English before they begin their formal education can greatly increase their chances of becoming bilingual.

A program for 4-year-olds in California called transitional kindergarten (TK) has been found to have distinct advantages, in terms of long-terms effects, in ELs who attend.

The English Learner Roadmap, unanimously adopted by the California State Board of Education in July, is an online resource intended to supplement existing state standards.

These posts represent two different responses from experts to the question, How do we teach ELLs formal language and how to write argument essays for the CCSS [Common Core State Standards]?

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

The Colorado Department of Education is requiring teachers to train in teaching ELs, to ensure that students learning English as a second language have teachers who can effectively communicate with them.