Dual-language programs can create integrated learning environments for both native English speakers and English learners. They also have the potential to decrease school segregation and increase ...

At Pueblo Elementary, a dual-language school in Scottsdale, Ariz., students, including English learners, learn core subjects in both English and Spanish. The schedule looks like this: Students in ...

This transcript was created by a computer and edited by a volunteer. Dave Miller: From the Gert Boyle Studio at OPB, this is Think Out Loud. I’m Dave Miller. There’s been a big focus on bilingual ...

While Houston ISD experiences continuing declines in student enrollment, one group appears to be on the rise: emergent bilingual students. The population, which includes students whose native language ...

Six elementary schools are getting new Spanish language programs as Chicago Public Schools seeks to broaden access to multilingual programs and graduate more students with bilingual skills. Little ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In June, Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne tried to bar students classified as English learners from enrolling in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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María Mejía hugs her 7-year-old son Joangel as they spend time in a park after school. Special education students continue to be underrepresented in Boston Public Schools' dual language programs.