I love traveling throughout Latin America because it gives me an opportunity to practice the Spanish language I spent four years learning as an undergrad but rarely have the occasion to use in my ...

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In 2023, senior lecturer in the Spanish department, Lourdes Barranco-Cortes, attended a conference with other Big Ten language educators to discuss the biggest change in education since the pandemic: ...

When Allen Jay Elementary School began its dual-language immersion program in English and Urdu, school officials initially considered translating the curriculum used for the school’s similar program ...

Stephen Garner (left) and Huey Kolowich (right). The two formed the basis for UniLex after returning from their missions. (Courtesy of Stephen Garner). BYU is a community with many international ties.

Students in Erin Weisenbeck’s first-grade classroom gathered on a rug Tuesday morning in the front of their classroom at Madison Elementary School. Weisenbeck sat before the group with a large book ...

Over the last two years, public schools have welcomed thousands of children who speak little or no English — many of whom wind up in classes where little or no instruction is done in their native ...

The Vista Unified School District is expanding its dual language immersion program to additional grade levels and a second middle school campus next year. In two years, they hope to offer it at one of ...

As interest in establishing dual language programs grows across the country, a new report lays out some policy decisions needed to ensure equitable access to these programs, especially when it comes ...

Vanessa Stensgard's kindergarten classroom looks like any other Rochester Public Schools class. There is a colorfully decorated "word wall." Rules of conduct are spelled out on a bulletin board. The ...

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 ...