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Educators took on an expanded role, and bore an emotional toll, in caring for immigrant students this past school year as the presence of federal immigration agents in their communities grew. That is a key finding in a qualitative report published Aug. 4 by Sophia Rodriguez, an associate professor of educational policy at New York University, in partnership with the National Immigration Law Center.

This episode returns to the Gutiérrez Ramírez siblings, whose college dreams were temporarily derailed when their dad was forced to remain in Mexico in 2019.

Thirty-five states and the District of Columbia offer standardized assessments in languages other than English, according to a 2025 analysis by researchers at the Migration Policy Institute, a think tank.

This gradual release of responsibility routine helps students hear what fluent, expressive reading sounds like, practice with support, and then read with expression on their own.

Pop-up books provide fun and surprises at each turn of the page. Imagine if the book opened to an 11-foot-high pop-up creation. As part of the celebration of the Los Angeles Central Library’s centennial celebration, the Library Foundation of Los Angeles in partnership with the Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL) at Central Library commissioned Luceros y Penumbras: The World’s Largest Pop-up Book.

Listening is one of the four essential domains (the others are reading, writing, and speaking) for English learners—and for all students. It’s also a skill that often gets less attention in the classroom.

Here are some instructional strategies educators use to help English learners—and other students—master that critical skill.

For Matt Gile, a preK–12 librarian for Winooski (VT) School District, read-alouds are one of the ways he tries to make all students feel comfortable in this community with a large refugee population. With the help of the home school liaisons, who often act as translators for students and families, he presents read-alouds in different languages.

Benjamin Alire Sáenz, an award-winning fiction writer and poet who drew upon his sexuality and his life on the Southern border, has died at age 71. He was the first Latino to win the PEN/Faulkner prize.

Los Angeles Unified School District students returned to school Wednesday amid lingering concerns about immigration enforcement and environmental safety, with district officials reassuring families that campuses were safe and ready for the new school year.