Cynthia Maxwell, English lecturer, has spent her life moving through the rhythm of university towns, curiosity in her eyes ...

Reviews of notable new fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

Think you know American history? Maybe it’s time to reconsider. The story of the United States is far more complicated, ...

On Jan. 17, 1893, the Hawaiian Kingdom was overthrown in a move that disregarded the rights and sovereignty of Native ...

New Hampshire's new parental rights law requires schools to obtain consent from parents to audio record students. That posed a challenge for schools that must audio record nearly 5,800 English ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Despite its ubiquity in our machines and in the news, artificial intelligence remains both a mystery and a source ...

This year, the Trump administration took several federal actions with widespread implications for the nation’s English learners, a fast-growing student population whose education often hinges on ...

Books that can help improve your English can make sure that the language’s use is sophisticated and understandable on all conditions, be it for reading, writing or speaking. Explore the 5 best books ...

Buckley: The Life and the Revolution That Changed America. By Sam Tanenhaus. Random House; 1,040 pages; $40 and £33 A superb biography of William F. Buckley, the most influential American journalist ...

This is an edition of the Books Briefing, our editors’ weekly guide to the best in books. And yet, what made me a near Nabokov completist was not that his English was perfectly assimilated but rather ...

A few years ago, at Hamilton Southeastern High School, in Indiana, a class of multilingual students were told to brainstorm in English only for their government class. Many of them were still ...

Louisiana’s first alternative program to certify teachers of English learners will seek final approval Wednesday from the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education in hopes of addressing a shortage ...