North Carolina's school successes inspire push for dual language programs statewide

Collinswood Language Academy, a K-8 dual-language school in Charlotte, students produced some of the highest math achievement scores in their school district, even though they learn all their math in Spanish, and take North Carolina's annual end-of-grade math exams in English. Their success is inspiring a push to create more such programs statewide.

“The school's high marks in math—mirrored in reading and science—are coming from every category of student at Collinswood: low-income, English-language learners, Hispanic, African-American, white, and those in special education. They are inspiring a push to create more such programs statewide.”

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