Dual Language Education Challenges & Opportunities

One ethnic studies teacher in Oakland, California, noticed that her students, who come from all over the world, had some trouble relating to each other. So, she created a video dictionary so that the students can teach each other words and phrases from their home country.

Researchers from the National Center for Research on Gifted Education visited elementary and middle schools in three states to study schools that had "exemplary" track records in spotting academically talented ELLs. Nationally, only 2 percent of English-learners are enrolled in gifted and talented programs.

While demand for Chinese language education is on the up, stricter rules on immigration may make it harder for schools to find enough qualified teachers

A new partnership between Austin's school district and St. Edward's University is finding and grooming tomorrow's dual-language instructors. 

SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - East Brunswick is already way ahead of the game on this one, but the dual language program that promotes the growth of the number of bilingual high school graduate

When 89 third-graders at the Academy took the test in 2016, only a single student met state standards. If the law had been in effect, almost every one would have repeated the third grade.

Research indicates the learning of a foreign language results in a myriad of lifelong benefits.With that in mind, state education leaders have decided to launch an ambitious program to increase, in the coming decade, K-12 students’ profi

Aliso School ordered to evaluate implementation of multilingual education

The Wilson County Board of Education voted Monday to continue the Spanish immersion program.

In a split vote, with six members voting for and one member, Chairwoman Christine Fitch, voting …

More than a dozen Indiana schools are working to implement dual language programs. The state is helping them with funding, but some schools say what they

Legislation proposed by congressional Democrats would create a grant program intended to help colleges of education and school districts partner on creating curricula for aspiring ELL teachers.

The Migration Policy Institute and the National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy have released a new report on the young Dual Language Learner (DLL) population in California. The report was pooled over the 2011-2015 period of children 8 and under, and found that these DLL’s with at least one parent who speaks a language other …

When Wilhelmina Yazzie thinks back to elementary school, she remembers feeling shame in not speaking “proper English.”
These days, Yazzie feels pride in speaking Navajo and wants the same for her children when they grow up. “That would be one of the great accomplishments, if we get (Native language classes) in all the schools,” Yazzie said a few weeks ago to talk about a historic ruling in a lawsuit that bears her name. However, the school district her children attend – Gallup McKinley – gets just $25,000 in Indian Education Act funding to serve about 9,000 Native American students. “That is pennies. There’s hardly anything we can do with that to meet the cultural and linguistic needs that are required under this law,” said Superintendent Mike Hyatt.

With more dual language immersion programs on the rise than ever before, school districts adapting and struggling.

Forty-three states and the District of Columbia offer special recognition for high school graduates who demonstrate fluency in two or more languages. Just a handful of mostly rural states have yet to be swept up in the movement.

Given what is known about the brain science of language acquisition, early support for dual language learners in state preschool programs could give Latino children an advantage. But most state preschool programs provide few or no proven supports to help bilingual children flourish, according to NIEER’s recent report.

According to one local educator, Silicon Valley school districts need to overhaul the current system of dual-immersion language programs.

According to one local educator, Silicon Valley school districts need to overhaul the current system of dual-immersion language programs.

Care Academy founders seek a school charter through the district, but their initial application is sharply critical of Deming Public Schools.

Following the New Mexico Public Education Commission’s decision not to renew the charter for the Taos International School, school director Nadine Vigil says …

Being able to switch with ease between English and another language takes years of dedicated work.
Starting with the Class of 2018, Ohio high schools have a new way to recognize graduating seniors who put in that time and effort. And it could give them a boost on the way to a job or admission to a university.
The Seal of Biliteracy would appear on the school transcripts of students who prove through testing that they can skillfully converse, read and write in both languages.
Modern languages,