Local author Maritza Lynn Higuera recently published her second bilingual book, aiming to enhance children's English and Spanish reading skills. Children, according to Higuera, are known for their ...

Picture this: you’re sitting at your desk, trying to force your brain to figure out what the heck a “reduced relative clause” is all the while your sibling is watching the latest Jujutsu Kaisen ...

But an in-depth look at the science behind how language is developed reveals an interesting parallel between the science of reading and second language learning. In fact, the science of reading can ...

This week’s new question-of-the-week is: What are effective assessment strategies for multilingual learners? Assessment is a key element of teaching—we need to know where our students are in the ...

A group of five Congolese students could hardly contain their excitement as they sifted through a pile of storybooks that were delivered to Paxson Elementary School on Friday morning. The students ...

Educators warn that rolling back English language learning guidelines may harm the success rates of Hispanic students in Arizona.

Language is a funny thing. If you're reading this sentence, for example, there's a good chance that you speak and understand English perfectly well. But there's also a good chance that your English is ...

Part of our series, 5 Million Voices. I grew up speaking Spanish, and I didn't start learning English until I was in preschool. When it came to books, I struggled — like many ELL students — to connect ...

As more states and districts are embracing the “science of reading,” some educators and advocates have raised the question: Will these methods work for English-language learners? The “science of ...