Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Starting Sept. 15 at Carpinteria Children’s Project, the dual language preschool has been immersed in themed lessons for ...

Six years ago, Ensemble Learning, an organization dedicated to helping dual-language programs through curriculum building and professional development, received a federal grant to support its efforts ...

Score one for parental choice and for state superintendents staying in their own lane. A Maricopa County Superior Court judge has dismissed state Superintendent Tom Horne’s lawsuit seeking to shut ...

Teacher Gwendolyne Darony asked her third graders to recite four basic language skills. But instead of English, Darony asked in Spanish. "Escuchar. Hablar. Leer. Escribir," the students responded in ...

PROVIDENCE — The city school district is opening another dual-language program in the fall, this one at Gilbert Stuart Middle School. More: How do you help kids improve in school? Add health clinics ...

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 ...

Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne has threatened to take legal action against schools offering dual language instruction in public school districts. Horne is a strong advocate of ...

State Superintendent Tom Horne, that fierce supporter of parental choice, has rallied the community (such as it is) to fight back against schools seeking to help children who don’t speak English.

Enrollment at the first dual-language elementary school run by the Catholic Church on Long Island has soared by 30% as it enters its second year, while enrollment in the Catholic system in general is ...

When: Jan. 11 School District of Lancaster board meeting. What happened: Board members must decide the next step for dual-language immersion instruction by Feb. 15. Administrators, charged with ...

When: School District of Lancaster school board meeting, Feb. 8. What happened: Board members informally agreed to discontinue dual language immersion instruction but differed on how to end the ...

Hanging in the balance are more than the practices for teaching English in the 10 districts that Horne sued. Whatever the court decides could determine whether other districts, wanting something ...