EdSurge

To Serve Bilingual Students, This Future Teacher Will Draw on Her Own Experience

Viridiana Martinez’s family immigrated twice when she was in elementary school — once, from Mexico to Canada, and a second time to the United States. With each move, she had to learn a new language ...
EdSurge

How States Can Take a Grassroots Approach to Training More Bilingual Teachers

When Adriana Cervantes-González started school in California as a child, it was at a time when state policy was determined to get all English-learning students proficient in the language within one ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Bilingual education pays off in many different ways. Parents, here’s how it works.

Wong is an impact teacher who supports combo classrooms teaching literacy and math for the Poway Unified School District. She lives in Talmadge. Bilingual education is an educational approach that ...
Yahoo

Bilingual teacher fights for Spanish-speaking students to have a voice in classrooms

Joanna Serres, a long-term substitute teacher in the Independence School District, has specialized in bilingual outreach to Hispanic students for the past 16 years Editor's Note: This interview is ...
Education Week

Bilingual Students With Disabilities Get Special Help

Ruth Lawrence pauses repeatedly by the desk of Fernando Tapia during an activity in which her 5th graders are illustrating on maps where American Indian tribes originally lived. “Where are the notes ...
WUWM

In MPS's longstanding bilingual program, thousands of students learn in languages besides English

Evadelia Aldape teaches in a first grade bilingual classroom at H.W. Longfellow Elementary. Longfellow is one of 16 MPS schools with developmental bilingual programs, which are aimed at ...
The Hechinger Report

Once criticized, ‘Spanglish’ finds a place in the classroom

At Dos Puentes Elementary School, “red time” is for speaking Spanish and “blue time” is for speaking English. Teachers also support students as they shift between languages. Credit: Tara García ...
EdSource

As bilingual programs expand, let’s keep an eye on equity for English learners

The California Department of Education will soon announce the winners of a set of grants to local education agencies including schools, school districts, county offices of education and charter ...
WCVB Channel 5 Boston

Bilingual teacher, classroom in Salem helping immigrant children thrive in Massachusetts schools

THEY FEEL SUPPORTED BY THE. -- SUPPORTED BY THE COMMUNITY. NATHAL:IE WHEN AN STARTED AT WITCHCRAFT HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN SALEM, THEY BOTH ONLY SPOKE SPANISH GRID BOTH WERE BORN IN THE DOMICANIN ...
Odessa American

Bilingual/ESL making strides in ECISD

With the implementation of Dual Language One-Way, the Bilingual and ESL, or English as a second language department, has made significant progress. At an Ector County ISD Board of Trustees meeting in ...
KWTX

Belton ISD sees academic growth in emerging bilingual and English as a second language students

BELTON, Texas (KWTX) - State STAAR test results for the 2024-25 academic year reveal growth in several subjects, especially with bilingual students. For some bilingual students, fully understanding ...