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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.

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.

Scientists have long posited that there is a "critical period" for language learning, but new research suggests that the time frame stretches on much longer than previously thought.

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.

Current and former English-language learners have made significant progress in the past 15 years on the test dubbed the "Nation's Report Card"improving faster than English-only students. That's the takeaway from a study released this morning in the journal Education Researcher.

Have you ever considered what might be going in the mind of someone who happens to be multilingual? Modern research continues to point to the fact that individuals who speak more than one language have a tremendous advantage.

According to an analysis of U.S. Census Data conducted by MPI, 82 percent of pre-kindergartners to fifth grade ELs and 65 percent of sixth and 12th grade ELs were born in the United States.

Georgetown University has conducted a long-term study of children in Tulsa, OK, schools, and found that, on average, Hispanic children who pass through pre-K classrooms come to kindergarten more academically prepared than those who don't, and they are often months ahead of their peers in both r