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 ...

TARBORO — From the doorway, nothing at all seems foreign about the kindergarten classroom at Martin Millennium Academy. Shapes and letters that children are learning are posted on the walls. A ...

Starting an immersion program in an Alaska Native language comes with challenges: An educator often needs to create the curriculum and teaching materials themselves, and they sometimes need to work on ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — If going back to school wasn’t hard enough imagine learning everything in Spanish or Mandarin. Good morning, buenos dias and zaoshang hao… 3 different languages in which students ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — As you walk the halls of Rosa Parks Elementary, you’ll hear a mix of Spanish and English as kids arrive for the first day of school. Third grader Lincoln Oien started his ...

California is expanding dual immersion programs statewide, after repealing a law that limited bilingual education. A Hmong-English dual language immersion program in Fresno Unified helps children ...

TOOELE COUNTY, Utah — Parents in Tooele County are concerned after the local school district is making changes to its Dual Language Immersion program, including phasing out some languages. Tooele ...

Students, parents and alumni asked the Anchorage School Board to keep funding for language immersion programs at a packed meeting Tuesday night. It was standing room only inside the boardroom. Other ...

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 ...

Over the years, much research has been done on the cognitive benefits of second language learning. There are no secrets about the multitude of advantages of exposure to additional languages, cultures, ...

CUPERTINO, Calif. - In this year's Chinese New Year Parade, children from the Cupertino Language Immersion Program (CLIP) will tell the story of an old Chinese legend. an old Chinese legend. The group ...