Some protestant churches in Texas are quietly embracing a new mission: providing ESL instruction to immigrants. Baptist churches in Plano, Waco and Austin say they're seeing rising enrollment.

On a recent Monday morning in Wendell Norris Marquez’s classroom in Austin, Texas, students were getting ready to read a story in Spanish by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. But first, they discussed the ...

While most Southeast Texas students were diving into the freedom of summer, leaving their books and backpacks behind, dozens of middle and high schoolers in Port Arthur were heading back to class.

Eli Lopez, Killeen ISD’s executive director of multilingual services, will present an annual review of the district’s bilingual and ESL (English as a second language) programs during Tuesday evening’s ...

It was Amy Carpio’s mom who first noticed her language challenges. When speaking in Spanish at home, the girl sometimes mixed up the word order in her sentences, and she often stuttered or ...

Churches have long held classes to teach English to immigrants. This fall, the number of students has jumped. The reason is a change in federal policy that limits funding for some adult education ...