Two recent trends in education are diversifying how students learn, but converging to create a major challenge for educators: Multilingual education is on the rise. Since the 1990s, the number of U.S.

As classrooms become more diverse and interconnected, multilingual education is no longer a policy aspiration but a practical necessity. At the heart of this transformation are young ...

Hilda Robles instructs fourth-grade students learning about body parts in Spanish in Clinton County’s Bi-Literacy program. (Photo by Esmeralda Cruz) Throughout rural America, non-native English ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – The Healey-Driscoll Administration has awarded over $2.3 million in grants to 32 school districts and charter schools to strengthen multilingual programming, enhancing ...

In today’s world, multilingual contexts are the norm rather than the exception. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Atlas of Languages reveals that ...

Education systems must recognise and value every learner’s language, which must be highlighted on International Mother Language Day ...

February 5, 2026 - Fresno Unified invested $30 million in services that go beyond traditional academics, from housing assistance to music production and lunchtime sports. I coordinate a program at San ...

Correction: A previous version of this story misstated the size of the grant. It is $90,000. A group helping multilingual Rhode Island students embrace both their native language and English received ...

Seven BPS schools will launch new multilingual education programs in the 2025-2026 school year, the district announced Monday, marking the largest single-year surge in BPS’s language offerings.

There is clear evidence that learning in multiple languages, starting with the mother tongue and then gradually adding national and global languages, is good for cognitive abilities and does not ...

Ghana’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Ireland, Sabah Zita Benson, has reaffirmed the country’s commitment to inclusive multilingual policies at a commemorative event marking ...