A Pasadena ISD bilingual education initiative is producing early gains in reading and math, researchers found.

June 18, 2026 Chronic absenteeism doesn’t have a single cause. Anyone working in schools right now knows that — and knows how ...

Dual-language books (DLBs) are ones with the story told in two languages—sometimes with both languages on the same page, and other times in a two-page spread with the first language on one page and ...

A new way of teaching dual language — putting native English speakers and students whose first language is Spanish in the same preschool class — in Waukegan Community Unit School District 60 may debut ...

Brittany O’Connor presented a typical math lesson to her third-graders Tuesday, but she taught it in an unconventional way — in Spanish. O’Connor’s 23 students are part of Little Canada Elementary ...

School districts across the country are offering students a broad array of target languages to learn in dual-language programs. Schools now offer dual-language education in 18 languages, according to ...

PHOENIX — Arizona State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Tom Horne, continues to press that some school districts are teaching dual language illegally, specifically for the students who are still ...

There’s a strong and growing demand for schools to provide instruction across grade levels and subjects that leads to students who are bilingual and biliterate. In this third installment on the growth ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. If you look at English learners’ ...

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 ...

For some kindergartners starting school this year in the San Gabriel Valley, their first teachers are just as likely to greet them with “hola” or “ni hao” as “hello.” These are the experiences ...

EL PASO - Jill McGee stands in front of her new second-grade class at Mesita Elementary School and begins a math lesson in Spanish. "Muy bien Seamus," she tells a student who answers a math question ...