English for Speakers of Other Languages

John Ruhrah Elementary/Middle School is one of very few schools in the city to have Arabic-speaking staff. But their ESOL students’ progress still lags behind the state average.

Families used to travel miles to the one ESOL enrollment center in Catonsville. Now, a revamped school bus offers testing on-site at four county schools each month.

Updated 3:32 p.m., 06-14-18While Baltimore’s schools are losing students every year, there is one population that is growing rapidly: students whose first…