English proficiency is an increasingly important factor for job seekers, company success and tourism revenues all over the world. EF's English Proficiency Index shows how well people all over the ...

President Trump’s executive order puts his “America first” stamp onto the nation’s speech. But the effect might be muted. By Jack Healy Reporting from Phoenix President Trump’s executive order making ...

English learners’ average English-language proficiency scores have remained in decline since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new assessment data from the WIDA consortium. The WIDA ...

Back in 2012, in an op-ed for the New York Times, former Harvard president Lawrence Summers questioned whether the “substantial investment” to learn another language was “universally worthwhile” given ...

Section 1. Purpose and Policy. From the founding of our Republic, English has been used as our national language. Our Nation’s historic governing documents, including the Declaration of Independence ...