David Young, the CEO of Participate Learning, shares evidence for dual language programs supporting school attendance.

Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o once described language as “the most important vehicle through which that [colonial] power fascinated and held the soul prisoner”. He illustrated this with a disturbing ...

A review of legislation governing basic education will change the way language policies are navigated at schools. A draft law pushing for multilingualism has not been universally welcomed. Amendments ...

It’s a well-documented fact that children experience better academic achievement and social adjustment when parents are involved in their education, but navigating a school system can be challenging.

For more than 150 years, the Wôpanâak language was silent. With no fluent speakers alive, the language of the Mashpee Wampanoag people existed only in historical documents. It was by all measures ...

The mission of Denver Language School (DLS) is to promote academic excellence and intercultural competence through language immersion. Founded in 2010, it is the only K–8 public early total immersion ...

If it adopts the policy, it will make it the first school district in the nation to establish a “language justice” policy. The Community Language Cooperative and the Colorado chapter of the education ...

Language impairment is one of the most common childhood disorders that you’ve never heard of. It affects seven out of every 100 U.S. children, delaying mastery of language skills in children. In ...

As we continue to live in an increasingly global society, learning new languages has grown in value as a mode of communication, a career advancement tool, and for a deeper understanding of culture.