The most common way to certify teachers in Iowa for language immersion schools is a test offered only in English. Neighboring Midwest states have similar barriers. Para leer en español, haz clic aquí.

Bellevue's dual-language immersion program has caught on around the district and provides a look into a growing area of interest. Sherwood Forest Elementary teacher Mariano Lizano works with students ...

More from last week’s conference on Illinois and bilingual/dual-language programs. Diane August, a researcher at the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Applied Linguistics, presented evidence from ...

There’s a strong and growing demand for schools to provide instruction across grade levels and subjects that leads to students who are bilingual and biliterate. In the seventh, and final, installment ...

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - Irving Elementary’s Dual Language program started in 2006 with just two classrooms dedicated to the program. Over the years it continued to grow, and eventually, the entire school ...

Learning fractions can be challenging enough. Adding in a second language, the difficulty just multiplies. However, it’s a challenge that some fourth-grade students in the Kuna School District are ...

There is an energy across the country for dual-language programs and schools providing instruction in both English and a second language -- that language is typically Spanish, the second-most spoken ...

AUSTIN -- Austin is one of the fastest-growing cities in the country, and the fastest-growing population is Hispanics, who make up 47 percent of the city's population. So, some schools are taking a ...

In Maritza Bermudez’s home, the goal has been to speak Spanish as much as possible. But starting next school year, Korean will be thrown into the mix. Bermudez, who lives in Anaheim, is enrolling one ...

PHOENIX — Arizona’s top schools chief is looking to crack down on dual language programs in schools, saying some of them are operating illegally. In one 2nd grade classroom at Bret Tarver Leadership ...

Mar. 22—SALEM — Bentley Academy Innovation School is becoming a full dual language school, 20 years after a ballot measure killed dual language programming and four years after Salem closed its last ...