Ada Rios Torres grew up speaking Spanish in Puerto Rico. When she was 25, she taught herself English by watching and listening to videos. It took her five years to master the language. She moved to ...
Meeker Elementary School’s Noheli Batres came to the United States from Mexico in third grade as a non-English speaker. Reflecting on the difficult time she faced navigating a new language in a new ...
Fort River School in Amherst, home of the Caminantes program. Credit: STAFF FILE PHOTO AMHERST — The leader of a successful dual-language program at Fort River School is calling on the Amherst School ...
When: School District of Lancaster school board meeting, Sept. 12. What happened: Administrators plan to revamp the district’s recently unveiled Elementary Newcomer Program after only one family ...