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MELS Students study Biodiversity >

MELS students are learning about biodiversity and human impact in Forest Hills’ QueensWay.

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QueensWay becomes a living laboratory for MELS >

The abandoned Rockaway Beach Rail Line becomes a living classroom for some intrepid MELS students and teachers.

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WHEELS teacher Carrie Lowenstein talks about teaching in a dual-language classroom >

After a few years of immersion in dual language schools, in which both languages are treated as assets to be cultivated in their own right, students surpass those in monolingual or in “transitional bilingual” settings on academic measures across the board.