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Think about the last day of classes last year—the last regular day before exams. We often struggle with how to fill these awkward days that are too late for lessons but too early for summative assessments. The students are tired of exam reviews in all of their academic classes. Other culminating activities like watching movies or having free time are becoming repetitive. What to...

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.