Category: English Learners
Number of the week: Students speaking Chinese languages at home
Feb. 17 marks the start of the 2026 Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival. In 1858, San […]
February 13, 2026
EdSource’s Best of 2025: Our favorite Education Beat podcast episodes
Credits: Zaidee Stavely/EdSource; Lasherica Thornton/EdSource; GoFundMe; Palo Alto Unified; and Becca Esquivel Makris. EdSource’s “Education Beat” podcast gets to the […]
December 30, 2025
Meet the researcher using sass and social media to transform bilingual education
José Medina poses with educators at the Texas Association for Bilingual Education conference. Credit: Courtesy of José Medina Este artículo […]
December 19, 2025
Parents’ role in children’s English education
Family volunteers and young learners participating in a school community activity. Photo courtesy of Rachel Hawthorne Este artículo está disponible […]
December 3, 2025
California rethinks how to identify 4-year-olds who need extra help learning English
Top Takeaways The state superintendent of public instruction has until March 31 to approve screening tools that will be required […]
October 28, 2025
California leaders warn schools: English learner rights remain despite Trump rollback
Top Takeaways The Trump administration rescinded guidelines about how schools should teach English learners. California, which has its own guidance, […]
September 8, 2025
What to know about California’s English learners
About 1 in 3 students in California’s K-12 schools speak a language other than English at home and were not […]
June 30, 2025
Identifying CODA students as bilingual learners boosts academic success
Three decades ago, I was flagged as needing special education services because I had a Deaf parent. The teachers found […]
May 27, 2025