Dual-language programs can create integrated learning environments for both native English speakers and English learners. They also have the potential to decrease school segregation and increase ...
When educating bilingual students, the largest school district in the Coastal Bend, Corpus Christi ISD, currently relies on a transitional model that aims to move students into mainstream English ...
Meeker Elementary School’s Noheli Batres came to the United States from Mexico in third grade as a non-English speaker. Reflecting on the difficult time she faced navigating a new language in a new ...
The Belton Independent School District is touting its Dual Language Immersion programs — offerings that are aimed at empowering every student to have a successful and multicultural future. There are ...
TWIN-CS is a national initiative to share dual language research, ideas, techniques and resources with the goal of supporting students in becoming bilingual, bicultural, and biliterate. The network's ...
Kindergarten students at Bakersville Elementary School will be enrolled in a two-way Spanish immersion program next fall, making the Manchester School District the first in the state to launch a ...
Spending time in Lowell can feel like attending a United Nations conference. Whether one is eating in the city’s restaurants or walking on the streets, multiple languages can be heard. This sense is ...
CONROE, Texas – Parents and community members rally after hearing rumors about the possible discontinuation of the dual language program in Conroe ISD. Background and Impact of the Program The dual ...
In one kindergarten classroom, students are learning in Spanish which numbers are “mayor que” (greater than) or “menor que” (less than) others. In an adjoining room, a teacher works with another set ...
“Ultimately, everything that happens around here is my responsibility,” Null said. “I’m not proud of our process (in deciding to end the program). I’m not proud of the way it was handled.” Null’s ...
WEST COLUMBIA — At first glance, nothing in Alma Mayborg's kindergarten classroom looks out of the ordinary. Letters of the alphabet and student artwork hang on the walls of her room at Riverbank ...