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TWIN FALLS — Lincoln Elementary is pioneering a program this year to teach students who are learning English in their regular classrooms, rather than taking them out for part of the day. A regular classroom teacher and an English as a Second Language teacher works in each of these classrooms, said Principal Beth Olmstead . The ESL teacher helps with lesson plans to include ESL strategies to ensure students get a boost in vocabulary and language instruction. Then, the two teachers work together to instruct the class. This co-teaching system, Olmstead said, helps children who are learning English to “learn from their peers rather than being isolated.” Middle and high schools in the district have also started to use a similar model to instruct students who are still learning English. It’s significant for Lincoln, though, because all elementary-age English- language learning students in the district are sent there. About 90 elementary schoolers , or about 17 percent of Lincoln’s stud...

The balance of our coverage provides a snapshot of who America's millionaires are, where they live, and how they built their wealth. Nearly two decades ago, these five families were featured in MONEY as "millionaires in the making"—households that were well on their way to a seven- figure net worth excluding the value of their primary residences. Rhone in MONEY’s August 2000 issue, when he was still a “Millionaire In The Making.”   That was starting in 2000, around the time the dotcom stock bubble began to burst. Yet despite running into one of the worst bear markets in history—which was followed soon after by the global financial panic , the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression—these families still managed to achieve their goals. How did they accomplish this? Some did it by living frugally and saving aggressively so that when the bad times hit, they had enough of a cushion. Others proved to be resilient in the face of setbacks, staying the course with the...

Click to expand Replay Video SETTINGS OFF HD HQ SD LO UP NEXT Video by CNBC The balance of our coverage provides a snapshot of who America’s millionaires are, where they live, and how they built their wealth. Nearly two decades ago, these five families were featured in MONEY as “millionaires in the making”—households that were well on their way to a seven- figure net worth excluding the value of their primary residences. That was starting in 2000, around the time the dotcom stock bubble began to burst. Yet despite running into one of the worst bear markets in history—which was followed soon after by the global financial panic , the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression—these families still managed to achieve their goals. How did they accomplish this? Some did it by living frugally and saving aggressively so that when the bad times hit, they had enough of a cushion. Others proved to be resilient in the face of setbacks, staying the course with their 401(k)s and IRAs in ...