EdSource

How well do dual-immersion programs serve English learners?

Este artículo está disponible en español. Léelo en español. If you look at English learners’ third-grade reading scores in English at Dolores Huerta International Academy, a dual-language immersion ...
Education Week

Study Backs Dual-Language Pre-Ks for ELLs

Young English-language learners still developing oral and literacy skills in their home languages benefit most from early-childhood programs that regularly expose them to both languages. That’s the ...
Las Vegas Review-Journal

‘It boggles the mind’: CCSD struggles to support English learners

If Lake Elementary School had looked only at the student’s math assessment in English, teachers would have worried about him. But when he took the same exam in Spanish, Principal Paola Elena Zepher ...
Business Wire

More Than Three-Fourths of Early Learning Centers Lack Educators Trained to Work With Dual Language Learners

SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--First 5 California released Quick Facts: Professional Development to Support Teachers of Young Dual Language Learners in California, a new brief by the American ...
EdSource

Number of English learners shrinks at many dual-language immersion schools

The number of English learners is shrinking at many dual-language immersion schools while the number of English-dominant and white students is increasing, according to a new analysis released by The ...

Studycat Connects Early-Years Multilingual Learning Research to Real Play in a Children’s French Language App

Studycat’s French program is built around a step-by-step learning flow the company describes as “Hear it, Learn it, Say it, Use it,” pairing immersion-style audio with interactive challenges. The ...
University of Wyoming

UW Researcher Identifies Early Literacy Support Strategies for Young Dual Language Learners

There is a large and growing population of children in the United States who are younger than 5 years old who have a first language other than English and will be forced to learn two languages ...
The Desert Sun

Dual language immersion programs aim to foster bilingualism, multiculturally competent leaders

Rooms 212 and 214 are separated by just a hallway, but walking between them is like switching worlds for sixth-graders at Raymond Cree Middle School in Palm Springs. In Grisele Avila’s classroom, ...
LAist

There's A New Virtual Library For California’s Youngest Multilingual Learners

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. About 60% of California children ...
Yahoo

Here’s how science of reading can be tailored for dual-language learners

This story was originally published on K-12 Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily K-12 Dive newsletter. “Bringing together [dual-language education] with science-based ...
LAist

How Well Do Dual-Immersion Programs Serve English Learners?

If you look at English learners’ third-grade reading scores in English at Dolores Huerta International Academy, a dual-language immersion school in Fontana Unified, you might not be too impressed. But ...