HONG KONG -- In Hong Kong, five-year-olds have resumes listing violin lessons, horse-riding sessions, language classes and more, and interview to get into a prestigious school. But in the past few ...

Raising a bilingual child in the United States requires much deliberate effort, since English surrounds nearly every ...

Many believe a tutor is essential for English speaking fluency but research suggests otherwise. Parents can significantly improve their kids' English speaking skills through structured self-study, ...

New parents face a lot of pressures. Until I became a parent myself, I didn’t realize the sea of conflicting advice that besieges parents on everything from feeding strategies to whether you need a ...

Poring over the works of Dr. Seuss, the adventures of the Bernstain Bears or exploring the worlds of Hans Christian Andersen with a child has always been a great parent-child bonding exercise. But, ...

Al Jazeera isn’t just news. Their next project? An English-language childrens’ edutainment network on American TV by 2012. So will the good left-leaning parents of Park Slope and Ann Arbor be able to ...

A lower proportion of children from non–English-speaking households received preventive medical care visits than their English-speaking peers. Researchers conducted a retrospective analysis of data ...

As more states and districts are embracing the “science of reading,” some educators and advocates have raised the question: Will these methods work for English-language learners? The “science of ...

Children in US households where English is not the primary language experience multiple disparities in health care. Non-English primary language children were more likely to be overweight, have only ...