There's a common assumption that if someone starts learning a language when they are very young, they will quickly become ...

The language we learn growing up seems to leave a lasting, biological imprint on our brains. German and Arabic native speakers have different connection strengths in specific parts of the brain’s ...

February 19, 2026 - Arizona State University wants Cal Grants for its California-based students, but California officials say its not eligible. Hoping to entice more non-English speakers to enroll in ...

This chapter provides a broad overview of the findings from research on bilingualism and second-language learning, including types of bilingualism, linguistic aspects of second-language acquisition, ...

Students at the Arapaho School in Arapahoe, Wyoming, learn using an Arapaho language app. Credit: Joe Amon/The Denver Post via Getty Images The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up ...

Fourth grader Darrel Tuuya Owen from Akiak did not seem fazed by the crowd. He spelled out his words in a loud, clear voice. (Rhonda McBride/KNBA) The statewide Yup’ik language spelling bee was born ...

When Joshuaa Allison-Burbank (Diné, Acoma Pueblo) worked as a speech pathologist in his home community of the Navajo Nation, he saw an effect of colonialism, boarding schools and broken treaty ...

I was hired at the University of Colorado Boulder in 1995 as a language professor. I relocated from Hawaii, where I had learned the Hawaiian language. When I arrived in Colorado, I decided I needed to ...

Third grade students take turns reading lessons aloud to their classmates at Mangal Prasad Secondary School in Banke, Nepal. Credit: Amrita Jaisi for Global Press Journal Nepal. The Hechinger Report ...

WHEN DEEP BLUE, a chess computer, defeated Garry Kasparov, a world champion, in 1997 many gasped in fear of machines triumphing over mankind. In the intervening years, artificial intelligence has done ...

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham abruptly thwarted tribal efforts to improve their children’s education when she pocket vetoed Senate Bill 13, which would have allowed tribes to operate public schools ...