More Highline Kindergarteners will learn a second language at school starting next fall; the district will open new language immersion programs at White Center Heights and Madrona elementary schools.

Over the years, much research has been done on the cognitive benefits of second language learning. There are no secrets about the multitude of advantages of exposure to additional languages, cultures, ...

JEMEZ PUEBLO — The words escape slowly from Eleanor Tafoya when she speaks of the decline of the Jemez language among the Pueblo’s youth. “If we don’t do anything, we’re going to lose our traditions ...

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Project Education: Edutopia, a partnership between WRAL-TV and the George Lucas Educational Foundation, profiles Oregon schools that prove that the younger children start learning a language, the ...

San Diego Unified trustees are expected to vote on changes to a charter school that specializes in German language immersion — but not all families are happy with the road their school is going down, ...

Students often call out greetings when John Stanford International School Principal Karen Kodama walks down the halls -- but at her Wallingford elementary school she's more likely to hear students say ...

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 ...

At a time when local schools are facing shrinking enrollment and talks of closure, Hawaiian immersion programs are bucking ...

Harmit Singh Juneja moved to the Frenso-Clovis metro area in 2014. When the opportunity to enroll his youngest two daughters at a dual immersion school came up, he couldn’t let it pass. After all, he ...

Hawaiian Language Immersion Schools Popular, but Number of Qualified Teachers Doesn't Meet Demand At a time when local schools are facing shrinking enrollment and talks of closure, Hawaiian immersion ...