These days, the first lesson of high school Latin is often to answer the question: why Latin? The language peaked in the era of Roman gladiators and slowly faded throughout the Middle Ages. Today, 800 ...

For Reina Callier, learning Latin ‘is like lifting weights for your brain’ When a student in one of Reina Callier’s Latin classes said, “I came for the language, I stayed for the vibes,” she laughed, ...

Redlands High School is changing the way it teaches Latin — a subject the school has offered since the 1890s — much to the disappointment of some parents. While some Latin classes will remain in ...

The Naperville District 203 School Board may discontinue the district’s Latin language program at its Oct. 17 meeting, a proposal drawing protests from some Latin students and their teacher. Jayne ...

Gates Chili Central School District may soon say "arrivederci" to Italian classes, even though census data shows a quarter of the population in the town of Gates is of Italian heritage. And Latin ...

For the past four years I have been reading classical literature — Homer, Virgil, Plato, the Greek plays — with an ever-expanding group of mostly retirees through the Siegal Lifelong Learning Program ...

FRAMINGHAM — After at least 90 years, Latin may be on its final chapter in city schools. During a Teaching and Learning Subcommittee meeting on Monday, Framingham High School administrators said they ...

GREENWICH — When Greenwich High School Latin students heard that their higher level language courses were going to be canceled next school year, they pushed back and the district listened.