The Parent Herald – Samantha Finch
Bilingual education is becoming a trend in U.S. schools. Beginning in Florida in the 1960s, dual-language immersion programs for Spanish students now exist in states like Minnesota, New York and Utah. Teresa Chávez, the lead teacher in Minneapolis, Minnesota’s Little Canada Elementary’s Dual Language Immersion program, said teaching English and Spanish side-by-side is important because it signifies the world’s undeniable connection. Multiple races and immigrants from different countries live in the United States, which means that English is not the only language being used in the country, the Atlantic wrote.(more)