In this guest column, she urges the U.S. Department of Education to preserve the Office of English Language Acquisition. As a teacher in Georgia's English to Speakers of Other Languages or ESOL program, Turner serves English language learners from all over the world and says she relies on the federal office for current research on best practices to better help students. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is considering eliminating the director and moving the office under the control of the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. READ MORE