When a group of Northwest Alaska teachers listened to the “Raven and the Seal” story in Iñupiaq for the first time, some of them didn’t understand the words. On the third day of their language ...

Learning a new language represents one of the most rewarding intellectual challenges adults can pursue, offering cognitive benefits, career advantages, and deeper cultural connections that extend far ...

Former U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona championed multilingualism for all students, as well as improved programming for the nation’s English learners. One of the last major projects he ...

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 ...

I was talking to a friend about plans for her pre-schooler. Their home language is English, but my friend’s father is French, and I wondered if she was enrolling her child in the local French ...

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — One elementary school in Central Virginia is leading the nation in language instruction. Gates Elementary supplements budgeted funds with grants for its dual language ...

Meeker Elementary School’s Noheli Batres came to the United States from Mexico in third grade as a non-English speaker. Reflecting on the difficult time she faced navigating a new language in a new ...

ROCK HILL — On a typical day, a visitor walking the halls at the Cherry Park Elementary School of Language Immersion in Rock Hill will hear greetings of "hello," "hola" and "bonjour" exchanged between ...

As the Calistoga school district explores the possibility of a dual language immersion program, the teachers’ union took an unusual stance on the issue at a board meeting last week. In a statement ...