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RACINE — Tabatha Cruz adores the Fratt Elementary School dual language program, which she and her children have been part of for a dozen years. Cruz’s youngest son attends Fratt, and she said the ...

Which students benefit the most from dual-language programs? The answer, one educator says, is nuanced. “It isn’t that some English learners benefit, and native English speakers do not. It also ...

SALISBURY — The Dual Language Immersion program available Isenberg Elementary will be offered at West Rowan Middle School next year. The Rowan-Salisbury School Board of Education approved the measure ...

At Pueblo Elementary, a dual-language school in Scottsdale, Ariz., students, including English learners, learn core subjects in both English and Spanish. The schedule looks like this: Students in ...

Before the 1950s, prevailing research indicated that bilingualism created a disadvantage for children. Since then, many studies have found that not only were those concerns unfounded but that ...

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 ...

In June, Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne tried to bar students classified as English learners from enrolling in dual language programs. He sent a letter to schools threatening to ...

Daycis Marrero’s kindergarten class was going through stations — different lessons around the room. Five sat with her naming pictures “el papá, la pelota, la papa” or daddy, ball and potato. This is ...

“Bienvenidos, welcome,” reads a sign as you enter Dwight Bellizzi Dual Language Academy in Hartford. “Not just for myself, I think a lot of our educators when we think of why we went into education, ...

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