During committee testimony this week in Austin, a Texas senator interrupted a Spanish speaker and telling him he should "be speaking in English" during a committee hearing.

Antolin Aguirre of the Austin Immigrant Rights Coalition was testifying against Senate Bill 9 that would help crack down on illegal immigrants in Texas.  Aguirre spoke through an interpreter even though he had been in the U.S. since 1988.

Two minutes into Antolin Aguirre’s testimony, Sen. Chris Harris, a Republican from Arlington, interrupted asking Aguirre’s interrupter, "Did I understand him correctly that he has been here since 1988?" Harris asked. "Why aren’t you speaking in English then?"

For the eighth-graders who become freshmen this fall and the teachers getting ready to instruct them, the countdown has begun on what could be one of the most significant changes to public education in the city's history.
Starting in 2015, all New London High School students will be required to know American English, and demonstrate it, before they receive their diplomas on graduation day.
The Board of Education Thursday unanimously approved the policy, believed to be the first of its kind in Connecticut.It's a policy sure to challenge a school district whose student body includes immigrants from 28 countries and whose students have traditionally performed poorly on standardized tests.
Superintendent of Schools Nicholas A. Fischer, who championed the change, called it an essential part of the charge given to him when he was hired in 2009: to raise standards in the district.

More than 100 superintendents from across the state, including many from East Valley school districts, converged on the lawn of the state Capitol on Wednesday to push for an additional $300 million to educate English-language learners.

Language was no barrier to the confessions of two Mexicans accused of kidnapping and torturing a Louisville contractor to extort money, a federal magistrate judge has ruled. U.S. District Magistrate Judge Clifford Shirley is refusing in an order filed Fri

Members of a local social justice group expected adult English classes to rank among top needs in the Fox Valley when they commissioned a survey of the Latino community. The survey found high interest in English classes, but the 257 respondents also said

The figures show that in a total of 1,338 primary and secondary schools - more than one in 20 of all schools in England - children with English as their first language are in the minority.

Nearly three of every four Mexican immigrants speak English "just a little or not at all," the lowest rate among Latin American immigrant groups, according to a new study. By comparison, 35 percent of those born in Puerto Rico struggle with English, while

While many schools are banning iPods, a district in Hudson County New Jersey is handing out the portable digital players to help bilingual students with limited English ability sharpen their vocabulary and grammar by singing along to popular songs, the Ne

Well aware of the potential for controversy, Duluth is stepping gingerly as it considers regulating business signs in foreign languages. City Administrator Phil McLemore says he's exploring the idea of requiring businesses to include English descriptions

You mean to tell me that Latinos are too dense to figure out that this door is for going in? Or that Spanish-speakers are unable to make the intellectual leap between entrance and entrada, even though they share the same root?