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At Pueblo Elementary, a dual-language school in Scottsdale, Ariz., students, including English learners, learn core subjects in both English and Spanish. The schedule looks like this: Students in ...

The Naperville District 203 School Board has approved expanding its English Learners program over the next three years so all five junior high schools and both high schools will offer English learning ...

Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne, a staunch supporter of English-only immersion, is taking aim at the growing number of dual language programs in Arizona. Horne maintains dual language ...

When students test out of an English-learner program, or are reclassified as proficient in English, they report a higher sense of self and a greater belief in their ability to complete challenging ...

For high school students with limited scheduling flexibility, fitting in expanded educational opportunities beyond the basic curriculum of math, science, English and history can be difficult. This is ...

By not devoting enough attention to developing English proficiency among non-native speaking ELs, these students are ...

When Andy Rivas Rivera, an El Salvadorian refugee, enrolled in the Washington County Public Schools English Language Learner program in 2014, he would have been one of 422 students. Nine years later, ...