Nearly fifty years after teaching French as a primary language was banned in Louisiana schools, the New Orleans area now has what one official called an “embarrassment of riches” in French immersion ...
Most Louisianans no longer speak French but more and more schools in the state are teaching it. One small school, southwest of New Orleans, is immersing students in the state's local dialects.
In time for the graduation of its first class of seniors this spring, Lycée Français de la Nouvelle-Orléans, New Orleans’ French immersion charter school, has new leadership. Founded in 2011, the ...