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 ...

The district will be transitioning the program from an opt-out model — in which students are automatically part of the dual ...

Merced County’s Dual Language Academy will close at the end of this school year and families with children in the program have been frustrated over a lack of clarity about their options for next year.

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 ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. For parents ...

Parents of children in Merced’s program say they were blindsided by the announcement last week that the school would be ...

The Merced County Office of Education announced Friday that its dual immersion program — known as the Dual Language Academy — will remain through the 2026-27 school year after families of students in ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Mariana Llanos dreams ...

PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) - Superintendent Tom Horne faced public backlash on Monday for threatening to withhold some funding from schools that insist on teaching English learning students in Spanish.

As the Calistoga school district explores the possibility of a dual language immersion program, the teachers’ union took an unusual stance on the issue at a board meeting last week. In a statement ...

On Wednesday morning at Ridgetop Elementary School, Monica Téllez de Arsté leaned over a bright blue lima bean–shaped table and pointed to a worksheet as a prekindergarten student in a purple dress ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Mariana Llanos dreams in two languages. She speaks a combination of Spanish and English and writes brilliantly in both. Born and raised in Lima, Peru as the youngest daughter of ...