English Language Learners

Enlace Academy is expanding family literacy programs and multilingual support as its English learner population grows, with school leaders crediting parent engagement for major gains in reading scores.

The number of Indiana students learning English grew by more than 50 percent in the past five years. A new initiative offers free training for educators to learn how to teach these students.

While most schools struggle to meet the needs of students who don't speak English, this challenge is especially obvious in rural school districts, where enrollment is decreasing and resources are tight.

It's been one year since legislators created a new school funding formula. The new formula gives equal funding to all schools, but critics say that's unfair, because schools with a lot of low incomes kids or students learning English need more money. In Goshen, Indiana one district is scrambling to save its English Learning program in light of the funding cuts.