Fresno Unified did something few U.S. school districts have done before: create its own Hmong dual-language immersion program ...
It’s presentation day in a fifth grade classroom at Vang Pao Elementary School in Fresno, and some students are more shy than others. But 11-year-old Irene Her stands in front of the classroom, ...
As Annie Vang developed her mobile application that helps 4,000-plus users learn Hmong, she drew from her experiences as a child with immigrant parents whose language existed only orally until the ...
If you find yourself in Jenny Yang’s third-grade classroom at Vang Pao Elementary in southeast Fresno, you’ll hear students recite the Pledge of Allegiance in the mornings in the Hmong language. When ...
On a recent Thursday, Chue Hang opened a small door to greet a classroom of toddlers at her new daycare. “Good morning!” she said. “Nyob zoo!” some responded in Hmong. Hang is the director of the ...
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Students are leaning into learning more about the Hmong and Khmer cultures and languages. The pages of books are coming to life in Padao Thoa's class this summer. Students are ...
WAUSAU - Sia Yang didn't have a lot of time to learn English or earn a high school diploma after she immigrated to the Wausau area from Laos in 2002. "I'm so busy," the 29-year-old mother of five ...