GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Graduation season is upon us. For Southwest Middle/High School in Grand Rapids, this year is special. Not only is it the school’s first graduating class, but many students are ...

Growing up in a predominantly Spanish-speaking household, Giselle Naranjo wanted to stay connected to her roots and to family members who spoke only her native tongue, while fitting in at school and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Marisa Calderon, middle, a bilingual instructional aide, helps students during class at Ralph Bunche Middle School in Compton in ...

To enroll in bilingual education in most school districts in California, you have to attend class in person. It’s too difficult to find enough bilingual teachers and too hard to teach a new language ...

Five years ago, the California Department of Education set a goal that half of K-12 students would be literate in at least two languages by 2030, and three-fourths by 2040, to be achieved by ...