ELT World North America

Iowa: The number of Iowa students with limited English-speaking skills has skyrocketed over time but their test scores have fallen, according to an Iowa Department of Education report released today. About 14,000 students who were classified as English language learners – most speak Spanish – lost ground in every test category except fourth-grade reading from [...]

Iowa: For Katya Koubek, the key to understanding is to be found within the beauty of common language, and multicultural Storm Lake is a perfect place to search for that key. The Buena Vista University assistant professor of education is becoming a national leader in the campaign to win cultural gaps through language teaching. Buena [...]