Seventy-four years ago, Henry Luce published “The American Century,” an essay that argued that American culture would play a starring role in creating a global environment in which the United States ...

In an age where connectivity is widespread and knowledge is readily available, the landscape of language learning has changed considerably. Gone are the days when we had to trawl through dictionaries ...

The teaching of Arabic has received a boost with the first-ever publication of standards for teaching the language in U.S. schools. The Alexandria, Va.,-based American Council on the Teaching of ...

Since terrorists from Arab countries attacked the United States on Sept. 11, 2001, the U.S. government has been desperately seeking to hire Arabic speakers. But even now, more than 2½ years later, the ...

Shawnee Mission South High School is home to one of the country's oldest high school Arabic programs. Every Friday, nearly a dozen students sit in chairs circled around their classroom — no desks in ...

The U.S. government has identified Arabic as one of the “critical languages” for those entering the workforce in the next few decades. Yet, how Arabic should be studied remains controversial, as the ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Students at Irving Elementary will once again have the opportunity to learn Arabic this year, ...