Inside a small school down the bayou, southwest of New Orleans, two second-graders sit at a table covered with flash cards. Juliet and Lana attend École Pointe-au-Chien, a new public 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.

A pupil sits at a desk in a classroom on the first day of class for the year 2025-26 following the summer break in Lyon, south-east France on September 1, 2025. (Photo by JEFF PACHOUD / AFP) Sending ...

For Halifax parent Jonathan Langdon, history is repeating itself. Three years ago, his daughter was in Grade 9 at École Mer et Monde, a French school in south-end Halifax. To continue being taught in ...