The terminology used to describe students in need of English-language support in schools has evolved over time, with the goal of emphasizing multilingualism as an asset. Since the 2015 Every Student ...

Students acquiring the English language are one of the fastest growing populations of K-12 public school students in the country. Legally, districts are required to provide them with adequate ...

Martha Hernandez, who began her career as a bilingual educator in California in 1976, remembers a time when knowing a language other than English was not considered an asset. It was difficult to ...

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Este artículo está disponible en español. Léelo en español. About 1 in 3 students in California’s K-12 schools speak a language other than English at home and were not fluent in English when they ...