Here’s a collection of the English-learner-focused stories that resonated most with EdWeek readers in 2025. In July, the U.S.

The Trump administration is clamping down on other languages as it formally begins implementing the president's order making English the country's sole official language. Many government agencies have ...

At least 3,000 truckers have been taken off American roads over the past two months after they failed mandatory roadside English tests, as the Trump administration gets tougher on commercial drivers ...

The change at the Department of Housing and Urban Development could make it hard for speakers of other languages to access federal services. By Eileen Sullivan Reporting from Washington The federal ...

A single English verb carries more definitions than any other in the language. Lexicographers have confirmed that the word ...

English learners accounted for 10.6 percent of all public school students in fall 2021, up from 9.4 percent in fall 2011. That’s according to federal data updated in May which tracks this student ...

On Saturday, President Donald Trump issued an executive order making English the official language of the United States for the first time in the nation's nearly 250-year history. "Establishing ...

Section 1. Purpose and Policy. From the founding of our Republic, English has been used as our national language. Our Nation’s historic governing documents, including the Declaration of Independence ...