Justin Minkel wrote about his experiences teaching at a high-performing, high-poverty school where 85 percent of the students are English-language learners.

Third-graders in this group routinely outperform the general population on English Language Arts. This subgroup is more likely to read proficiently at the start of fourth grade.

The California Commission on Teacher Credentialing agreed this week to create a new teaching credential for pre-kindergarten through third grade that will require teacher candidates to show they are ...