When Ahmed arrived in the United States from Somalia seven years ago, he’d never been to school. He could read the Quran in Somali, but he didn’t know a word of English or even how to read the ...

Este artículo está disponible en español. Léelo en español. Do you (or someone you know) struggle with English? Did you drop out of school? Do you need help passing the citizenship test? Are you ...

(The Hill) — Learning to read can become exponentially more difficult for older students and adults who have fallen behind, creating grave concerns as the number of individuals struggling with ...

Este artículo está disponible en español. Léelo en español. Nine years ago, Analilia Gutierrez gave birth to her son, a micro preemie who needed intensive care. At the time, Gutierrez, an immigrant ...

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 ...

Brockton's Adult Learning Center has a waitlist of 1,256 people for its English language classes. The center is funded by the city and federal grants, not the regular school budget for K-12 education.

Readers from the youngest babies to longtime book lovers can participate in summer reading at library branches across San Diego County. There are dozens of libraries dotting the regional landscape, ...

Kateřina Chládková has received external funding from the Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Science Foundation, and the Czech Ministry of Education. She consults for and co-develops the Mooveez ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — According to The Literacy Project, 45 million Americans are functionally illiterate and cannot read above a fifth-grade level. New data also shows one out of every two adults cannot ...

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