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Heads of Spanish language academies meet in Mexico.

The 15th Congress of the Association of Spanish Language Academies was inaugurated Monday with words about the good health of the language and the need to continue exploring its diversity in order to keep strengthening it.

Duluth, Minnesota school to introduce Spanish immersion program.

Lowell Elementary School is expected to house the Duluth school district's new Spanish immersion program beginning in the 2016-17 school year.

Mexican Consulate brings Spanish books to Boulder Hill Elementary in Chicago suburb.

Young native Spanish-speaking students at Boulder Hill Elementary were in for a big “literary” surprise when the Mexican Consulate arrived with more than 20 boxes of donated books in Spanish.

Group aims to help Spanish businesses grow in Arizona.

Local program in Arizona called "La Fuerza" teaches Spanish speakers how to run their own businesses.

Dual-Language Immersion Boosts Oregon Students.

Dual-language-immersion students in Portland, Ore., outperformed their peers in English-reading skills by a full school year's worth of learning by the end of middle school.

Get to know this week's list of best selling titles in Spanish for week 46 ending on November 15th., 2015.

Nielsen BookScan, part of the Nielsen Company (US) LLC, and America Reads Spanish (ARS), present the free weekly list of the Spanish bestseller titles in the US Market for week 46 of 2015 (week ending 11/15/2015).

For the first time, the legislature in the state of Washington is giving financial support to districts that offer dual-language instruction. Five districts will receive the first grants.

With a boost from the state, three new Washington school districts will join the ranks of those offering dual-language immersion programs, providing students the opportunity to learn in both English and Spanish.

UNCW Students Use Spanish Speaking Skills to Serve the Community

Students in advanced Spanish classes at UNCW demonstrated how they have used their language skills to assist Wilmington community organizations during the Nov. 18 Spanish Service-learning Showcase.

The Spanish service-learning project involved University of North Carolina Wilmington students enrolled in Spanish 490 under associate professors Amanda Boomershine and Amrita Das of the Department of World Languages and Cultures. Boomershine and Das worked with Centro Hispano and Randall Library to secure a grant from the American Library Association and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Teaching Spanish to the kids isn't easy for second-generation parents

One recent Saturday morning inside a small storefront classroom in Long Beach, California preschoolers, toddlers and their parents bounced along to a Spanish-language song. Afterward, they talked amongst themselves in Spanish – some with more difficulty than others.

Dual language preschool In Nebraska teaches kids Spanish at an early age.

Lincoln, Nebraska Parks and Recreation offers three preschools in the community Dual Language Preschool education.

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