Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne has threatened to take legal action against schools offering dual language instruction in public school districts. Horne is a strong advocate of ...

Teacher Gwendolyne Darony asked her third graders to recite four basic language skills. But instead of English, Darony asked in Spanish. "Escuchar. Hablar. Leer. Escribir," the students responded in ...

Score one for parental choice and for state superintendents staying in their own lane. A Maricopa County Superior Court judge has dismissed state Superintendent Tom Horne’s lawsuit seeking to shut ...

State Superintendent Tom Horne, that fierce supporter of parental choice, has rallied the community (such as it is) to fight back against schools seeking to help children who don’t speak English.

Six years ago, Ensemble Learning, an organization dedicated to helping dual-language programs through curriculum building and professional development, received a federal grant to support its efforts ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Starting Sept. 15 at Carpinteria Children’s Project, the dual language preschool has been immersed in themed lessons for ...

This article is part of the Education special section. Read more here. Dual language programs, according to Washington’s Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, are the most effective ...

Hanging in the balance are more than the practices for teaching English in the 10 districts that Horne sued. Whatever the court decides could determine whether other districts, wanting something ...

Arizona schools’ chief Tom Horne vows to keep fighting against dual language instruction, saying the next move is for parents to sue. But those who may answer Horne’s call aren’t likely to be ...

Exterior of the Fresno Unified School District building located downtown near the intersection of Fresno and Fulton Street, photographed on Friday, June 13, 2025. Over the past decade, Fresno ...