CARBONDALE ” On any given day, the students in Jen Hamilton’s first-grade class at Crystal River Elementary may be learning in English or Spanish. It’s a good thing that Hamilton is fluent in both. It ...

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Hoping to help your fourth-grader with reading and writing skills? Here are some basic tips that experts suggest for any fourth-grader. Encourage your child to learn to make a good argument. If your ...

Students in Europe learn foreign languages in school at a much higher rate than their American counterparts. They also tend to learn more languages throughout their education due to national mandates.

When learning a new language, it's imperative that the speaker immerse themselves in the language's books, movies, TV shows, and music. It's also important for the speaker to regularly converse with ...

Here’s a New Year’s resolution that is within reach: let the Hasidic leaders who are denying educational opportunities to tens of thousands of students attending Hasidic schools in New York State stop ...

The USA TODAY Network series Hecho en USA, or Made in America, focuses on the nation's growing Latino community. Roughly 80% of all Latinos living in the U.S. are American citizens, but media coverage ...

A picture of a domino with three dots was displayed on a screen in Jennifer Lopez Romero’s kindergarten classroom on a recent Wednesday at Ronnow Elementary School. “Uno, dos, tres,” her students ...

“La idea de no tener una lengua materna me preocupa. ¿Es como sentirte un nómada dentro de tu propia cabeza? No me puedo imaginar no tener palabras en las que refugiarme. Ser huérfana de lengua.” “The ...

Encourage discussion as much as possible in your house. Ask your eighth-grader for their opinion about political and social issues, or about books, movies, and TV shows. Listen carefully and prompt ...