Only 10% of people in the U.S. speak a foreign language proficiently. In comparison, in Europe, 65% of people can speak a second language other than their native tongue. Although the difference is ...
Only about 7 percent of English language learners in the Boston Public Schools are enrolled in dual-language programs, a proven approach that provides some lessons in the student’s native language.
Which students benefit the most from dual-language programs? The answer, one educator says, is nuanced. “It isn’t that some English learners benefit, and native English speakers do not. It also ...