Editor’s note: This essay is an entry in Fordham’s 2025 Wonkathon, which asked contributors to answer this question: “What needs to happen next—at the state, district, and school levels—for the ...

There are many sounds in English that don’t exist in Spanish, and vice versa. Take the sound the letter “z” makes in English, or the rolled “r” in Spanish. In the Southside independent school district ...

Altagracia (Grace) Delgado is the director of Texas initiatives for the English Learners Success Forum. With over 30 years of experience in education, she has served as a teacher, instructional coach, ...

On an evening walk in 2023, I'd just started listening to Emily Hanford's groundbreaking podcast "Sold a Story," when an interview with a father and daughter hit me like a ton of library books. The ...

For decades, Congress has largely waited for the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act before making sweeping changes to federal education policy. That restraint now appears to ...

Detroit — The little girl with purple barrettes at the end of her braids could hardly sit still in her chair, but Academic Interventionist Evelyn Smith pressed forward. "I want to focus on your ...