Here’s a collection of the English-learner-focused stories that resonated most with EdWeek readers in 2025. In July, the U.S.

A Grade 4 study in Makhanda mirrors the national pattern, with isiXhosa-medium learners far behind peers learning in English.

Extends literacy tutoring rates to all families while the state rolls out the Arkansas Literacy Tutoring Grant Program RUSSELLVILLE, Ark., Dec. 21, 2025 / PRZen / Arkansas is taking meaningful steps ...

Some education experts believe that soon, even the most sophisticated stories and knowledge will be imparted mainly through ...

Nearly half of Alberta’s Grade 6 students failed the provincewide math test in 2024, three years after the province started ...

Proven methods for teaching the readers who struggle most have been known for decades. Why do we often fail to use them?

Learning to read is a complex process. It requires children to master and integrate multiple skills, from mapping abstract ...

On Monday morning at Garland R. Quarles Elementary School, teacher Marisol Rodriguez asked a small group of parents and ...

I still remember a student I taught in Virginia early in my career. He was maybe 13 or 14, and he’d come to this country on a raft. People died on that journey. When he arrived, he couldn’t read in ...

In Meagan Beam’s dining room, a dozen 3D printers whir and clack away as they crank out plastic tiles with colorful raised letters, letter combinations and pictures on them. The tiles are part of a ...

The numbers tell a politically uncomfortable truth. A survey of all Grade 4 children in Makhanda’s no-fee public schools this ...

Mayor Adams took notable steps toward improving reading instruction in New York. But families and advocates say many students ...