Early next year, Angela Palmieri is bound for New Zealand as one of 49 teachers who recently received a coveted Fulbright award to conduct research. Palmieri teaches at John Muir Elementary, where she ...

Brenda Amparan leads her first graders in Spanish at Pueblo Elementary School in Scottsdale, Ariz., on Sept. 16, 2025. Dual-language programs benefit all students, but there is an accessibility issue ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - Tuesday, the Dual Immersion Academy presented one of its teachers the ‘Air and Space Forces Association Teacher of the Year’ award. This award recognizes teachers who ...

For some kindergartners starting school this year in the San Gabriel Valley, their first teachers are just as likely to greet them with “hola” or “ni hao” as “hello.” These are the experiences ...

Toni Theisen, a longtime language teacher who spearheaded the dual language program within the Thompson School District, received a national leadership award. The American Council on the Teaching of ...

Feb 9, 2020 Feb 9, 2020 Updated Mar 15, 2021 He is coach to some, Jim to others, but during most weekdays he is Mr. Haas. Mr. Haas, who always meets students getting off a bus at Dual Immersion ...

Apr 2, 2022 Apr 2, 2022 Updated May 7, 2023 Katharine Smushkov had a love of science instilled in her as a child in her home nation of Chile. When she was five years old, her father bought her Icarito ...

(KUTV) Utah's dual immersion program, in its eighth year, is turning out students speaking a second language fluently. The program, heralded as a huge success, may earn those accolades at the expense ...

In Maritza Bermudez’s home, the goal has been to speak Spanish as much as possible. But starting next school year, Korean will be thrown into the mix. Bermudez, who lives in Anaheim, is enrolling one ...

Editor's note: This story pairs with 'Dual immersion not the only way to learn languages, experts say' Gov. Jon Huntsman signed Utah’s International Education Initiative into law in 2008, funding dual ...