Fitchburg schools looking at dual language program to help multilingual students

Fitchburg Public Schools is looking at launching a dual language program in order to better assist English Language Learners ...
The Hechinger Report

How to keep dual-language programs from being gentrified by English speaking families

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WWLP-22News

Empowering Teen Voices: Public speaking program inspires

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – A program to empower teen girls and improve their public speaking skills was held in Springfield this week. A public speaking and confidence building program for teen girls ...
Tri-City Herald

More Tri-Cities students will speak 2 languages. And that may be just the start

Communication goes both ways in Anali Garibay’s second-grade classroom. Last spring, inside her Mark Twain Elementary portable classroom, students got to work on a daily assignment, their desks formed ...
The Daily Illini

Arabic Program: Building fluency, expanding language education

From dialect workshops to debate teams, the University’s Arabic Program helps students connect language learning with culture and community.
abc13

Conroe ISD to vote on ending dual language enrichment program

CONROE, Texas (KTRK) -- The Conroe ISD dual language program has students do all their subjects in English one day and Spanish the next. Kids have to start in kindergarten. Parents told ABC13 that ...
The New York Times

Can Learning a New Language Stave Off Dementia?

Research suggests that bilingual people enjoy some cognitive benefits later in life, but it probably requires more than a few Spanish lessons in your 60s. By Dana G. Smith My father decided to start ...