Hundreds of middle and high school students in St. Paul Public Schools are learning the Karen language. It’s believed to be the first program of its kind in the country. The teaching of the Karen ...

The Karen language hasn’t been taught in schools anywhere in the world since the 1960s in Burma. The St. Paul public schools in Minnesota, however, have set out to change that. Karen, which is ...

Fifteen Hmong Educators earned their Minnesota K-12 World Languages & Cultures teaching license with an emphasis on Hmong language and culture from Concordia College in Moorhead. CATHY WURZER: You ...

Students in most states can earn a distinction on their high school diplomas that acknowledges their proficiency in English and at least one other world language. All 50 states and the District of ...

St. Paul's Karen Parent Advisory Council first expressed a desire for Karen language instruction in 2015-16, and the cause was picked up by Karen staff members in 2019-20, only to be put on hold by ...

Dah Bu gathered her kindergartners on the rainbow carpet and asked them to identify the letter she held in her hand. “K!” chorused her students. K is the first letter in Karen, she told her students, ...

Members of First Baptist Church of Waukesha sing 'Joy to the World' in the Karen language Karen community members sing the Christmas classic in their own language during a Sunday service on Dec. 15.