Bilingual Educators
Read more about the need for and experiences of teachers who speak both English and another language
Recruitment & Retention
Opinion
How a Bilingual Educator Pipeline Gets Built
To address a shortage of bilingual teachers, one district-university partnership collaborates to create a bilingual teacher pipeline.
Teacher Preparation
The National Shortage of ELL Teachers Has Caught the Eye of Congress
Legislation proposed by congressional Democrats would create a grant program intended to help colleges of education and school districts partner on creating curricula for aspiring ELL teachers.
Federal
Schools Are Falling Short for Many English-Learners
In a National Academies report on the state of education for ELLs, one theme is consistent: public schools need more resources and research.
Equity & Diversity
Bilingual School Staff Who Want to Teach Face Bureaucratic, Financial Barriers
With the demand for bilingual educators on the rise, a new report explores the kinds of hurdles that make it difficult for multilingual classroom aides to make the transition to becoming teachers.
Equity & Diversity
Policy Changes Could Solve the Nation's Bilingual Teacher Shortage, Group Argues
Unnecessary hurdles keep multilingual school aides from becoming fully-licensed teachers in classrooms where they're sorely needed to educate an ever-expanding English-language learner population.
Every Student Succeeds Act
Need for Bilingual Educators Moves School Recruitment Abroad
For big-city districts, Puerto Rico and Spain have becoming recruiting hot spots amid a shortage of teachers for dual-immersion and English-as-a-second-language programs.
Equity & Diversity
Losing Bilingual Support Staff Can Affect ELL Students, Parents
Layoffs of bilingual secretaries in several Detroit schools come at a time when the U.S. Department of Education and other organizations have called for districts to redouble their efforts to connect with English-language learner parents.
English Learners
Interest in Bilingual-Instruction Programs Growing, Despite Scrutiny
Latino parents are increasingly sending their children to bilingual schools in an attempt to retain the family's Spanish-language fluency. Opponents of bilingual education say students in these programs don't perform proficiently in state tests.
English Learners
For Illinois' Preschools, Bilingual Teachers Are In Short Supply
A new study finds that Illinois' groundbreaking bilingual preschool mandate suffers from a major shortage of properly trained early childhood teachers.
Education
Bilingual Teachers Largely Unaffected in Dallas Layoffs
Dallas school superintendent Michael Hinojosa has protected almost all bilingual teachers from recent layoffs, according to the Dallas Morning News (via Colorin colorado).
English Learners
Bilingual Certification Under Inquiry in Houston
Authorities in Houston are investigating allegations that as many as 90 bilingual-education teachers with almost no English skills and no college degree are teaching in the Houston Independent School District.
English Learners
'Homegrown' Bilingual-Ed. Teachers Take Root
When Ariel Nievas came to California from Buenos Aires at age 13, he spoke only Spanish.
English Learners
Shortage of Trained Bilingual Teachers Is Focus of Both Concern and Attention
As thousands of bilingual teachers gathered for a conference here late last month, the halls of the city's convention center were lined with booths displaying Native American can art or literature from teacher recruiters.
English Learners
Calif. Is Short 14,000 Bilingual Teachers, Panel Finds
California is more than 14,000 bilingual teachers short of meeting the needs of its limited-English-proficient students and is likely to fall even further behind unless sweeping recruitment efforts are undertaken, a state education department task force has concluded.