Many of us have had the experience, when sitting in a foreign language class or visiting another country, of fumbling for the words to convey our thoughts. In a brilliant essay from his book Me Talk ...

When it comes to providing English learners with an equitable education, some researchers point to the need for more-strategic collaboration between general classroom and content teachers and ...

PITTSFIELD — At a community center in downtown Pittsfield, a man tries to make sense of the English word in front of him. “Yo,” he says finally, pronouncing as he might in Spanish. “Yo? ‘Yo’” (the ...

There are days when Tammy Barberena has to rely on her middle school-aged son to understand how he’s doing in school. Barberena, who speaks Spanish, struggles to communicate with teachers and staff at ...