Poll results released by The Century Foundation highlight a significant surge in demand for bilingual education and dual ...

For some elementary students at Jackson Avenue School in Mineola, math lessons are taught early in the day, in English. Later that same day, a switch occurs: Those students learn about Machu Picchu ...

If you ask family members whether they want their children to know at least two languages, my sense is that very few would answer that question with a “no.” There are many advantages to being ...

Briceño is an associate professor of teacher education at San José State University, where she coordinates the Multilingual and Multicultural Literacy Education master’s program. She lives in San Jose ...

Evadelia Aldape teaches in a first grade bilingual classroom at H.W. Longfellow Elementary. Longfellow is one of 16 MPS schools with developmental bilingual programs, which are aimed at ...

California is, by almost every measure, one of the United States’ most diverse and vibrant states. The country’s most populous state, it also has no majority racial or ethnic group. And yet, from 1998 ...

Toddlers march past a colorful mural of Peru, barely able to contain their excitement. “Perfecto!” one teacher calls out, while the words “Cumpleanos Feliz” are being sung to the tune of “Happy ...