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.

For young people today, language is more than a means of communication. It is a connection to culture, knowledge, and participation in society. Young people around the world are actively defending and ...

January 8, 2026 - It's time for John Fensterwald's annual predictions for what's in store for education in 2026. I coordinate a program at San José State University that prepares teachers to obtain an ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Addressing the National Multilingual Education Conclave, the Jharkhand Education Project Council (JEPC), through the Promotion of Appropriate Language and Academic Skills for Holistic Education ...

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.

Nearly 23% of the district’s students speak a language other than English in their home, according to data from the district. Rochester Public Schools Director of Multilingual Learning Natalia ...