School Notes
Date posted: Jul 30, 2016
Language of success
They are among a pioneering group of Catholic schools that took a calculated risk by adopting a dual-language curriculum, immersing elementary school students in two, sometimes three languages.
Now they are running out of seats, according to educators from the 18-school Two-Way Immersion Network for Catholic Schools (TWIN-CS), established four years ago by the Lynch School of Education’s Roche Center for Catholic Education. Just 19 of the more than 5,300 Catholic elementary schools in the U.S. have adopted the curriculum.
“Space – space is the biggest challenge we face in the future,” said Kristina Collins, the dual language program director at Archbishop Borders School in Baltimore, MD.