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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

The Carpinteria Children’s Project (CCP) has expanded services to the community, now offering childcare for kids as young as 18 months, and has implemented a dual language curriculum for all ...

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 ...

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 ...

Rooms 212 and 214 are separated by just a hallway, but walking between them is like switching worlds for sixth-graders at Raymond Cree Middle School in Palm Springs. In Grisele Avila’s classroom, ...

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 ...