Montessori classes that close out the academic year later this month at George Washington Elementary School will be the final sessions for the district’s experiment with an alternate learning program.

The numbers are large. In Springfield, for every 100 people who want to learn English as their second or third or fourth ...

New figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau show that 22% of U.S. residents spoke a language other than English at home.

Spanish may be the most spoken language at home behind English, except in three U.S. states, but the second most-popular, non-English languages used in each state show off the diversity of the ...

The cognitive flexibility that comes from being multilingual can give students a boost in math—if teachers know how to build ...

If we want AI to be more than an English-speaking assistant with a multilingual dictionary, we must move past the illusion ...

There was a moment in the mid-2010s when Montessori was inescapable. The century-old education philosophy, which prioritizes independence from a young age, had turned into a lifestyle brand. Blocks ...

The following editorial is from the opinion page of The Republican newspaper in Springfield. It reflects views of the newspaper’s leadership and not necessarily those of MassLive. Readers are ...

As an award-winning singer, songwriter and guitar player, the grad has also become a mainstay in the local arts community.

Traditionally a country where French has long held sway as the language of administration, higher education, and international communication, Algeria is now witnessing the steady rise of English. This ...