The Delavan-Darien School District is trying to determine what the future of its dual language program will look like – and what it's considering has parents concerned. Currently, the district offers ...

Which students benefit the most from dual-language programs? The answer, one educator says, is nuanced. “It isn’t that some English learners benefit, and native English speakers do not. It also ...

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 ...

The consolidation of Red Oak Elementary School’s K-5 dual language program seems all but certain, but it is moving forward in an atmosphere of mistrust and frustration as some parents continue to ...

SUFFERN — Kindergartners sit in a circle sounding out new spelling words. "Mug," the children repeat and they spell it out. In the class next door at RP Connor Elementary, students in their partner ...

If Ridgetop Elementary School closes at the end of the school year, Andrew Rottas will miss walking his second-grade daughter to class each morning. With Ridgetop listed among the proposed closures in ...

Loreli Medina-Cárdenas spoke only Spanish when she started in the dual-language immersion program at Pioneer Elementary School, while some of her classmates spoke only English. Within a year, she was ...

The Delavan-Darien School District is considering cutting its dual language program from 4K-12 to 4K-6. District officials cite a persistent shortage of highly qualified bilingual teachers as the ...