EDUCATION Week Mary Ann Zehr is an assistant editor at Education Week. She has written about the schooling of English-language learners for more than seven years and understands through her own experience of studying Spanish that it takes a long time to learn another language well. Her blog will tackle difficult policy questions, explore learning innovations, and share stories about different cultural groups on her beat. in Athi's > EDUCATIONAL SITESwith annassistantathiseditoreducationalmarysiteszehr