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The number of English learners is shrinking at many dual-language immersion schools while the number of English-dominant and white students is increasing, according to a new analysis released by The ...

Arizona Schools Chief Tom Horne does not have the authority to withhold funding from schools that offer dual language programs, Attorney General Kris Mayes said in a legal opinion issued Monday, a ...

The Arizona Court of Appeals denied Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne’s appeal on his initial lawsuit against school districts that allowed English language learners to participate in ...

Being able to speak and write in two languages gives middle school students in Nash County’s dual language immersion programs quite the advantage when they hit job market later in life. It’s also ...

About 60% of California children under five speak a language other than English at home, according to research. In order to support them, the state Department of Education teamed up with a nonprofit ...

The school year has begun, which for many young children means they have entered a brand-new environment and sometimes are faced with a whole new language to learn. Brain science tells us that ...

Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne, a staunch supporter of English-only immersion, is taking aim at the growing number of dual language programs in Arizona. Horne maintains dual language ...

There is a large and growing population of children in the United States who are younger than 5 years old who have a first language other than English and will be forced to learn two languages ...

Only about 7 percent of English language learners in the Boston Public Schools are enrolled in dual-language programs, a proven approach that provides some lessons in the student’s native language.

A judge has tossed out a lawsuit by state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne that tried to bar students not proficient in English from participating in dual language programs. Horne filed ...

Despite the lifelong advantages conferred by bilingualism, only two in 10 Americans know a language other than English. As we begin to recover from a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic, our nation’s schools ...