The Houston Independent School District plans to open one of the nation’s first public Arabic immersion elementary schools in fall 2015. Superintendent Terry Grier told Education Week the move is part ...

Protesters showed up to voice their displeasure with Houston’s new Arabic-language immersion elementary school on Monday, the first day of classes. The Houston ...

Protests marred the first day of class for about 132 kindergarten and pre-K students at the Houston Independent School District's new Arabic Immersion Magnet School. Shortly before 8 am, almost 30 ...

Kate Adams is the principal of the new Arabic Immersion Magnet School in HISD. She said her biggest goal is for students to develop a global mindset. Five-year-old Van Crouser was recently hanging out ...

"Hi, families. Welcome," Kallie Benes, of the Shady Acres Moms' Group, said as parents dropped off their 4- and 5-year-olds at the neighborhood school on Shepherd and 28th St. Kristopher Quinoz said ...

HISD students Sahar Fattani and Amina Wote review a vocabulary lesson in their Level 3 Arabic class at Bellaire High School.Mayra Beltran/Staff Native Arabic speaker Ahmad Refaey delivers a ...

HOUSTON -- When you first walk into a classroom at the Houston Independent School District's newest campus, it seems like any other classroom on the first day of school. But look and listen more ...

A protest at an Arabic immersion school in Houston sets a high bar for xenophobic Americans looking for a new low. The Houston Chronicle reports that red-, white- and blue-clad patriots waved Israeli ...

The Houston school board granted approval Thursday for the district to open one of the nation's first public Arabic immersion elementary schools. The new school reflects Superintendent Terry Grier's ...

This immersion introduces students to the language, customs, and cultural aspects (history, art, literature, politics, anthropology, and music) of Arabic-speaking countries. The immersion consists of ...

VERGAS, Minn. -- It's one of the rituals of the summer camp experience: young campers starting each morning with a group song. But here at Al-Waha, it's not the standard "Camptown Ladies" fare. The ...