Area parents mobilized quickly in response to a North Thurston proposal to eliminate a dual-language program at an area ...

In most foreign language classrooms, “you’re learning in isolation from a grammar book,” said Alice Birney master teacher ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Arizona Department of Education has continued to pressure schools to keep English learners out of dual language programs while ...

A new way of teaching dual language — putting native English speakers and students whose first language is Spanish in the same preschool class — in Waukegan Community Unit School District 60 may debut ...

For many of my Latinx youngsters who have grown up in Southern California, our contact with Spanish comes in a variety of ways. We might speak it with our parents or grandparents from a young age.

At Chula Vista Learning Community Charter School, students are taught lessons every week in a combination of Spanish, English and Mandarin. The public school, which has more than 400 students on its ...

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In June, Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne tried to bar students classified as English learners from enrolling in dual language programs. He sent a letter to schools threatening to ...

Dual language immersion programs are becoming more popular in the state as more districts start their own programs. The Apache Junction Unified School District will begin a dual immersion program for ...

When Stefania Puxeddu arrived in New York City in 2014, she worried that her four-year-old son would not maintain his native Italian tongue. She struggled to find books in Italian at the public ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — As Rodrigo Gutierrez picked up his daughters from school, he asked them how their days went in both English and Spanish. Two are students at Davis Bilingual Elementary Magnet ...

This article is part of the Education special section. Read more here. Dual language programs, according to Washington’s Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, are the most effective ...