Putting the common-core standards into practice in classrooms is a monumental change for teachers in the nation’s public schools, but for educators who work with English-language learners, the shifts ...

California is taking another step forward in enacting the new Common Core for English language arts by gathering public comment on new guidelines and standards, State Superintendent of Public ...

Jenni Torres has taken the helm as the new executive director of WIDA, the consortium that oversees English-language proficiency tests used by 41 states for English learners. Before this role, she ...

The complex language skills that are the focus of Common Core’s English language arts standards will be needed to excel in Common Core math and the new science standards. They are stressed, too, in ...

EdSource · How one student got her middle school to change its name (rebroadcast) In passing the Every Student Succeeds Act, Congress rolled back the federal government’s overall reach into testing ...

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