Fotografía de una reunión del Consejo Escolar del Distrito Escolar Independiente de Dallas. Un panel está sentado en la parte delantera de la sala, con las banderas de Estados Unidos y Texas detrás de ellos, junto con dos pantallas y las palabras "Distrito Escolar Independiente de Dallas" en la pared. El resto de la sala está llena de miembros del público, muchos de los cuales tienen papeles en la mano y siguen la reunión. Hacia el fondo, un hombre se pone de pie.

Nancy Jimenez, a Spanish instructor of a dual class instruction at Crockett Elementary in Grand Prairie, Texas, directs her attention to her third grade students. According to Jimenez this program has a high pedagogical value, but there is also the danger that the students will forget what they have learned after finishing elementary because there is no continuation of dual class instruction.

Nancy Jimenez is an instructor at Crockett Elementary in Grand Prairie, Texas. She is teaching a third grade class.

Nancy Jimenez instructs her third grade class at Crockett Elementary in Grand Prairie, Texas.

Nancy Jimenez talks to her third grade class in Crockett Elementary in Grand Prairie, Texas.

Students work in groups in a third grade class at Crockett Elementary, in Grand Prairie, Texas.

Students share a text book in a third grade class during a class at Crockett Elementary in Grand Prairie, Texas.

A man uses a microphone as he gives a speech. He stands in front of a mural that reads, "El Salvador."

A woman and her family gather in the El Salvador Restaurant.

A crowd listens to a speaker at the El Salvador Restaurant.

A speaker looks at a note while he addresses the crowd at the El Salvador Restaurant.

A man addresses the crowd at the El Salvador Restaurant.

This article explores the benefits of dual language instruction that was brought up by Kathleen Leos at a summit on bilingual education at Southern Methodist University. Both the original Spanish article and the English translation are included.

This article consists of the captions for four photographs at a health fair organized by the non-profit Sister to Sister. Both the original Spanish article and the English translation are included.