English as a second language

School board member loses post in working group over remark

March 1, 2022 GMT

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — A Virginia Beach school board member has been removed from a state educational working group after she suggested that teaching English to students from South America was unsustainable.

Salem ESL teacher named state teacher of the year

October 6, 2021 GMT

SALEM, Mass. (AP) — An elementary school teacher from Salem was named Massachusetts Teacher of the Year on Wednesday.

Marta García, who teaches English as a second language to second and third graders at Witchcraft Heights Elementary School, was honored during a ceremony attended by Gov.