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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In June, Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne tried to bar students classified as English learners from enrolling in dual language programs. He sent a letter to schools threatening to ...

The program will be reduced from a 50/50 immersion model to less intensive "enrichment" program, according to presentation ...

Arizona schools’ chief Tom Horne vows to keep fighting against dual language instruction, saying the next move is for parents to sue. But those who may answer Horne’s call aren’t likely to be ...

The district will be transitioning the program from an opt-out model — in which students are automatically part of the dual ...

PHOENIX — State schools chief Tom Horne has been ordered to pay more than $120,000 in legal fees over his unsuccessful bid to quash dual-language instruction in Arizona schools. Arizona taxpayers are ...

Reality Check is a Fresno Bee series holding those in power to account and shining a light on their decisions. Have a tip? Email tips@fresnobee.com. Over the past decade, Fresno Unified’s ...

Arizona’s public schools chief is taking the governor and attorney general to court in an ongoing spat over how English Language Learner students should be taught. On Sept. 6, Superintendent of Public ...

OLYMPIA — Washington schools could get multi-lingual if the Legislature passes a bill heard in a House of Representatives committee Monday. The bill would direct the Office of the Superintendent of ...