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

Restoring literacy demands we treat reading as more than a skill, but as a gateway to wisdom and understanding.

Another method is called collaborative grading, or ungrading, where students don’t get grades throughout the semester.

There has been a longstanding discussion in the reading wars since the 1950s, when the novel “Why Johnny Can’t Read” ...

The Texas Agency will remove Lake Worth ISD’s elected school board and superintendent and appoint a board of managers to ...

The students in Emily Hoard’s first-grade class trace letters in their sand trays, then break down the sounds the letters ...

It can be more difficult to identify what kids are learning in cyber schools, in general, but the challenge is more severe at ...

Arizona education officials are taking a closer look at the impact of English language learners on the system that grades how ...

Mike Obstgarten’s “Academic fraud: Grade inflation is a scourge that must be eradicated” (Nov. 23 commentary) reminded me of a midterm grade I received my first semester in college. It was an easy ...

State Rep. Johanny Cepeda‑Freytiz has proposed installing panic buttons in every classroom (“Panels eye school cellphone bans, silent alarms,” Reading Eagle, Nov. 20). It is certainly motivated by ...

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