Six years ago, Ensemble Learning, an organization dedicated to helping dual-language programs through curriculum building and professional development, received a federal grant to support its efforts ...

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Before the 1950s, prevailing research indicated that bilingualism created a disadvantage for children. Since then, many studies have found that not only were those concerns unfounded but that ...

Jan. 28—URBANA — Seven years later, Brian Gumisiriza remembers the many challenges his family faced after making the long journey from Uganda to Urbana, so his wife could pursue her Ph.D. at the ...

A picture of a domino with three dots was displayed on a screen in Jennifer Lopez Romero’s kindergarten classroom on a recent Wednesday at Ronnow Elementary School. “Uno, dos, tres,” her students ...

A new bill aims to support 10 new programs each year statewide. In Snohomish County, most follow a 90-10 model of Spanish and English. EVERETT — Last week, Sofia Sierra, a second-grader at Emerson ...

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 ...

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 ...

OLYMPIA — Aidé Villalobos starts her mornings by greeting third graders in Spanish as they walk into her classroom. Posters on the walls are in Spanish and English, helping students practice ...

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