As parent demand for foreign language classes grows in Miami-Dade, two dominant issues have emerged: the quality of instruction and a lack of access for all students.

Matthew Flores, from Salt Lake City (Utah), a 12-year old boy used to hang out nearby mailboxes to read pamphlets for free. Ron Lynch, the local mail carrier asked him how come he did not read books but the Matthew said he did not have money to buy them and that his family did not own a car to go to a library. Lynch launched social network campaign to have people donate books for the young reader.

IN CELEBRATION of the 400th year of Miguel de Cervantes’ “Don Quijote de La Mancha,” Instituto Cervantes Manila will be holding Variaciones del Quijote starting Aug. 1.

The Florida Book Awards has kicked off its 10th annual competition with a call for entries in nine categories (including Spanish language).

Netflix has recently added Spanish-language shows on its service in the US. And the company says American subscribers are loving it.

Univision has partnered up with Sesame Workshop to launch “Sesame Amigos,” a Spanish-language version of Sesame Street.

Many representatives from political, corporate, and cultural sectors met during Spain’s first Tribute to Spanish language to reflect on the relevance of Spanish in today’s global society.

In an effort to see higher student achievement, West Chicago Elementary School District 33 is shifting from a transitional bilingual education program to a dual language education program.

Here are some English words you probably did not know were from Spanish

Here are some English words you probably did not know were from Spanish