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 ...

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 ...

DAVIS - An adult reading program in Davis is making a huge difference, especially for one man who could not speak English when he moved to Davis. A few years ago, this would've seemed impossible but ...

The mothers in my Family Literacy class at The Immigrant Learning Center, Inc. (ILC) have a lot in common with the mothers of the soccer team in the Malden Reads book “Outcasts United.” They are ...

With pigtails, freckles and a contagious smile, Phoebe Tse Wing-han blends right in with the children waiting for their classes to start. The only difference is that she's 29 years old and the pioneer ...

Chinese students need better guidance and tools to help them forge the ability of "reading to learn", educators from China and abroad said at a conference about the teaching of English held in Beijing ...