PHOENIX — There's a battle in the courtroom over how second languages are being taught in schools, specifically for those students whose first language is not English and are still learning it. State ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Arizona Department of Education has continued to pressure schools to keep English learners out of dual language programs while ...

At Chula Vista Learning Community Charter School, students are taught lessons every week in a combination of Spanish, English and Mandarin. The public school, which has more than 400 students on its ...

Reality Check is a Fresno Bee series holding those in power to account and shining a light on their decisions. Have a tip? Email tips@fresnobee.com. Over the past decade, Fresno Unified’s ...

Loreli Medina-Cárdenas spoke only Spanish when she started in the dual-language immersion program at Pioneer Elementary ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Central Unified students may soon have the chance to work toward becoming biliterate and bilingual. In January, the Board of Trustees affirmed its commitment to developing a ...

The Arizona Court of Appeals rejected Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne's appeal in a lawsuit over dual language programs. Horne has argued it's against the law to allow most English ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A student reads from a Chinese children’s book as she and other students at Calvin Smith Elementary participate March 6, 2012 in ...

This article is part of the Education special section. Read more here. Dual language programs, according to Washington’s Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, are the most effective ...

Students at two elementary schools in White Bear Lake will have lessons in a mix of English and Spanish next school year. The district is the latest to launch a Spanish dual immersion program, ...

SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah may trail the nation in school funding, but the state is leading the way in language immersion programs. Thousands of Utah second-graders can speak in French, write in Chinese ...

OLYMPIA — Washington schools could get multi-lingual if the Legislature passes a bill heard in a House of Representatives committee Monday. The bill would direct the Office of the Superintendent of ...