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UB Law course simulates working with Spanish-speaking clients
Even attorneys who speak Spanish can face a language barrier when dealing with their Spanish-speaking clients, and a new course at the University of Baltimore School of Law aims to […]
Cardin School announces new teachers
The Cardin School has hired four new teachers. ...
College Park school is latest in D.C. area to add Chinese
COLLEGE PARK — The Prince George’s County teacher lifted a foam object from an orange bucket in her lap and waited for someone in the kindergarten class to identify its […]
Baltimore City high school goes high-tech with tablets
Reginald F. Lewis High School is one of four Maryland schools participating in Verizon Wireless’ Mobile Learning Lab, a program where a Samsung Galaxy tablet-filled bus comes to the school once a week. This month, the school launched another partnership with Verizon Wireless: a 12-week trial of the Samsung tablets for use in Spanish classes.
New toolkit is helping Frederick’s Hispanics
After months of tests, doctors diagnosed Amalia Ochoa’s infant daughter Vicky with brain abnormalities. Doctors said that Vicky wouldn’t walk or speak, and if Vicky’s head continued to grow at […]
Parents look for best ways to raise bilingual kids
MIAMI — One-year-old Alice Di Giovanni asks for “banane,” not banana, when she’s in the mood for one. She’ll bid you farewell with a “ciao.” And if she wants more, […]
Jose Andres: Ambassador of food from his DC base
WASHINGTON — Jose Andres is moving from small plates to big ideas. The Washington chef best known for popularizing tapas — the Spanish custom of dining on small, shared dishes […]
New Year’s resolution: Learn a new language
I’m trilingual: I speak English, Spanish, and Portuguese. As a Puerto Rican, I grew up speaking Spanish as a child. When I moved to Maryland at the age of 7, […]
EMS reaches out — in Spanish
OCEAN CITY — Del Baker, a firefighter-paramedic in Ocean City, arrived at the site of a rollover car accident last summer and discovered an increasingly common problem: None of the […]
Humor helps Chile deal with miner crisis
SAN JOSE MINE, Chile — Minutes after a team of rescuers hoisted 33 miners to safety, President Sebastian Pinera hugged the men and gave them a thanks very much a […]
