After years of a “test-prep” curriculum and failed attempts at educating English Language Learners (ELLs) with a transitional bilingual education model, the El Paso Independent School District (EPISD) ...
Districts throughout the United States are starting dual language immersion programs at rapid rates. When these programs are started quickly, without a solid foundation or in-depth planning, problems ...
An outside review of dual-language programming at two Summit School District elementary schools showcases strengths and areas for growth, according to a recent report presented during an April 25 ...
Before the 1950s, prevailing research indicated that bilingualism created a disadvantage for children. Since then, many studies have found that not only were those concerns unfounded but that ...
EdSource · California high schoolers get a crash course in finance One critical component of the governor’s strategies should be to lay a strong foundation for our state’s youngest ...
A University of Massachusetts Amherst researcher has been awarded a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to study bilingualism in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) whose household ...
In a fourth grade math class at Hartman Elementary School, Luis Fabela was drowning in words he didn’t understand. Luis grew up speaking English, but his teacher, Silvestre Silguero, was communicating ...
A picture of a domino with three dots was displayed on a screen in Jennifer Lopez Romero’s kindergarten classroom on a recent Wednesday at Ronnow Elementary School. “Uno, dos, tres,” her students ...