Four years ago, teachers at International High School in Austin, TX, thought they were doing a great job. Visitors to the school for new immigrants often praised the faculty for working with such a diverse population of students, some of whom had no prior formal education. Aida Walqui's observation was different. The director of WestEd's Quality…

Recently, the Modern Language Association (MLA) called for a major reorganization of undergraduate academic programs and even the structure of foreign-language departments. Typically, the initial two years of language instruction are taught by non-tenure-track instructors with little or no voice in the department. Faculty members mainly teach the…

In this article, the author focuses on the best way to teach English to English-language learners. Some researchers say the English-only approach short-changes English learners in the long run. Here, results from a five-year study by the Center for Research on Education, Diversity, and Excellence, which examined 200,000 K-12 Spanish-speaking…