(WTNH) — More than 12 million kids in the U.S. speak a language other than English at home. But can learning to read first in their parents’ native language affect how they learn to read in English?

There are many sounds in English that don’t exist in Spanish, and vice versa. Take the sound the letter “z” makes in English, or the rolled “r” in Spanish. In the Southside independent school district ...

As New York City public districts have shuffled resources to include the influx of migrant students, the gap in English reading ability between native and those classified as “English Language ...