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California’s audacious goal of having half of all K-12 students enrolled in bilingual education programs by 2030 has encountered one big stumbling block — there aren’t enough qualified bilingual teachers. To help remedy that, a $10 million grant tucked in the state budget aims to help school districts recruit high school students as future bilingual teachers.

Most Iowa school districts have quietly agreed to exclude undocumented high school students from certain federally funded career and technical education programming, according to records obtained by Chalkbeat.

Since most teachers do not have the time to read long research studies on apps or spend hours researching a new app, we developed a quick, 15-minute guide that helps teachers to screen apps for distraction risks, using research-informed practices.

These picks include new entries from middle grade favorites, such as Tae Keller, Gordon Korman, and Erin Entrada Kelly.

On Thursday, Fred Rogers Productions started a channel dedicated to the beloved children’s host. Eventually it will be a repository for full episodes, behind-the-scenes footage and compilations.

The numbers of English-learner newcomer students are down across the country. What should schools do about this enrollment decline? Larry Ferlazzo suggests that schools should recognize that this trend is likely to change in the next few years and that they take this opportunity to support their many long-term English learners, who are often given short shrift.

In Winooski, Vermont, where more than a third of children are English learners, a school superintendent has invested in protecting immigrant students even as one of his own was detained.

Officials say the tech can help ensure names are pronounced correctly and speed up ceremonies, but some parents and students are pushing back.

What opportunities could a generation of students potentially lose when technology does the hard work for them? The celebrated author shares his thoughts on the hidden price of convenience.

Shrey Parikh felt his body shake from nerves and doubts every time he walked to the microphone at the Scripps National Spelling Bee, the final test of a six-year competitive spelling career marked by triumph and heartbreak that he knew could end at any moment.