Mahad has a master's degree from St. Cloud State, where he studied applied linguistics and curriculum design. He's now working with Somali language experts to create elementary immersion curriculums ...

NORTH MANKATO — A diverse set of foreign languages are taught at area colleges, but until last month they didn't include one of the languages most frequently spoken in the region. Students in various ...

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 ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) --Minnesota has the largest Somali population in the nation, with an estimated population of 32,000 people. WCCO has told you stories of how some young Somalis have struggled to ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A Columbus school is celebrating its diverse culture and giving students a bilingual lesson. Every week, Noor Academy teaches students the Somali language and culture. Many of ...

Farhiya Del helped write the curriculum and lesson plans for the new Somali Heritage Language Program launching Friday in Minneapolis Public Schools.

For weeks now, Sakarie Hassan has come home from kindergarten at Sullivan STEAM Magnet School eager to tell about the words he's learning to read in Somali, the language he speaks at home. He'll greet ...

The Twin Cities metro is home to one of the largest Somali populations in the country. Now, Minneapolis Public Schools is launching a new course that spotlights the Somali language and culture. "I ...

ST. CLOUD — Tech High School junior Zainab Hashi said her mother was shocked when she told her she'd be researching Kismayo, her home city in Somalia, as part of a class project. "A lot of the time we ...