ELL News Headlines

In Port Orford, Oregon, it's a quick walk from the elementary and middle school building to the town library — the two buildings are right down the street from each other. In fact, the town library and school are linked by more than geography, since the school district's two libraries became part of the Port Orford library system in 2017. The town's library system stepped in to assist the district in buying books, organizing the collection, and other management tasks.

Debbie Reese shares her review of The Diné Reader: An Anthology of Navajo Literature.

The nation's top education official stopped in South Bend on Wednesday to celebrate the safe return of in-person classes at schools, including the use of masks, as part of his tour across the Midwest. U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona joined South Bend school district leaders at Madison STEAM Academy for his "Return to School Road Trip" bus tour. While at Madison, Cardona visited several classrooms, ranging from an English Language Learners room to a STEM maker-space.

Kansas City Public School District (KCPS) is rethinking the methods they use to teach immigrants and refugee students. When the district returned to school this fall, English Language Learners (ELLs) were welcomed to the new International Welcome Center. The center will also serve as a "one-stop shop" for resources, enrollment, translation and other services for their families.

Dozens of children with non-Haitian passports have been sent to Haiti as part of the US government's massive deportation operation this week, according to the International Organization for Migration.

It's been four years since Hurricane Maria made landfall and devastated parts of Puerto Rico, sparking the migration of thousands of people to the U.S. mainland and Florida. NewsHour Weekend's Ivette Feliciano spoke with Father Jose Rodriguez whose church has been helping with services and vocational training and has become a cornerstone for a community hit hard by Maria.

The English Learner Accountability Hub provides an overview of key English learner information in all 50 states plus Washington, DC and Puerto Rico. While the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) enshrined a series of accountability measures for ELs across the country, states varied greatly in their implementation of those requirements, which means no two states are the same in their approach to providing ELs with an equitable education.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Kristyn Peck of Lutheran Social Services of the National Capital Area about their efforts to resettle refugees coming from Afghanistan.

Buffalo is expected to receive 350 Afghan humanitarian parolees over the next few months, and although it's not immediately clear how many of them will be children, some of them will undoubtedly be minors in need of K-12 education.

Millions of Afghans could run out of food before the arrival of winter and one million children are at risk of starvation and death if their immediate needs are not met, top United Nations officials warned on Monday, putting the country's plight into stark relief.