The cognitive flexibility that comes from being multilingual can give students a boost in math—if teachers know how to build on English learners’ strengths. Seventy-seven percent of 8th-grade ...

Jody Nolf is an associate language and literacy specialist at Vista Higher Learning. For more than 20 years, she taught English and reading to middle and high school students. Six years ago, she ...

February 19, 2026 - Arizona State University wants Cal Grants for its California-based students, but California officials say its not eligible. For too long, California’s English learners — and the ...

In a small room in Philadelphia's school administration building, Rosario Maribel Mendoza Lemus, 16, sits in a corner, rubbing sweaty palms on her jeans. In front of her is a binder with a test she ...

More than half of city school kids still can’t handle basic math or English, even though this year’s state exams scores ticked up slightly, according to state data released Thursday. While state ...

More than half of city public school students still don’t have a basic grasp of math and English, according to the latest round of state test results released Wednesday. Overall, 46.7 percent of kids ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – High school students won’t have to be “proficient” in either math or English to graduate, under minimum required test scores proposed by State Superintendent Paolo DeMaria. They will ...

After a school has struggled for a while, sudden progress can sometimes be hard to believe. The English High School in Boston shocked the state with a dramatic jump in its math scores on the MCAS exam ...