Rooms 212 and 214 are separated by just a hallway, but walking between them is like switching worlds for sixth-graders at Raymond Cree Middle School in Palm Springs. In Grisele Avila’s classroom, ...

While roughly half the global population speaks at least two languages, only about 20% of U.S. residents can say the same. Dual-language immersion programs, in which academic content is taught in two ...

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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 ...

ALHAMBRA, Calif. (KABC) -- An Alhambra elementary school that was closed for two years for a lack of students has come roaring back to life by offering a unique way of teaching. All Souls World ...

New polling data found that Latino families in California have a particularly high interest in bilingual education and ...

If you find yourself in Jenny Yang’s third-grade classroom at Vang Pao Elementary in southeast Fresno, you’ll hear students recite the Pledge of Allegiance in the mornings in the Hmong language. When ...

Ryan Barber feels like his son hit the jackpot. At the start of his kindergarten year, Barber’s son was selected to participate in Hampton City Schools’ new dual language immersion program at Langley ...

Reality Check is a Fresno Bee series holding those in power to account and shining a light on their decisions. Have a tip? Email [email protected]. Over the past decade, Fresno Unified’s ...

Right now, South Albany offers just one freshman dual-immersion class. It's a yearlong ninth grade history class that earns students half a credit each in both history and electives. (The situation is ...

MADERA, Calif. (KFSN) -- More square footage is being added on at the home of the Mavericks. A portion of James Madison Elementary school in Madera Unified has been under construction for the last six ...

The Utah Legislature is considering defunding Utah’s world-renowned Dual Language Immersion, or DLI, program, which is currently training nearly 50,000 K-12 students in bilingual fluency, preparing ...