World Language Academy, in Gainesville, Georgia, students are immersed full time in language and cultural studies, and without paying tuition. Classes are in English and Spanish and also includes other languages, including Portuguese and Mandarin Chinese.

“From the country where I’m from, just very, very wealthy people can attend schools like this,” teacher Ana Leon said. “To have it in a public school is just amazing. You see students here whose families have a lot of money, and you see students who go without necessities, and they sit next to each other. In countries like mine, in Colombia, you could not even dream of this.”

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