English learners need foundational skills like phonics and vocabulary in addition to instruction in speaking and understanding English and connections to their home languages. Those are two agreements ...

Young English learners face a two-fold challenge in learning to read. They need to learn how to map spoken sounds to written letters, the phonics skills that allow them to decode words on the page, ...

A panel of experts told EdSource on Tuesday that for English language learners, it’s important to balance phonics and other reading skills all students need with opportunities to grow students’ ...

I’m writing in response to Keith Auman’s letter, “All police officers should speak Spanish” (Reading Eagle, Feb. 14). Where would it end? Would we ask all our physicians to be fluent in Spanish? Our ...

Not speaking English is a figurative wall that obstructs millions of immigrants in California from taking full advantage of the opportunities in their new home. Although there are plenty of places ...

Learning to read is widely considered the bridge to later academic success. In hopes of ensuring that success, more than a dozen states, including Florida, require students to pass a reading test to ...

English is the language of the United States. Why must our police officers speak Spanish (“Agreement over hiring practices comes to an end,” Reading Eagle, April 26)? Shouldn’t the Spanish speakers ...