Mandarin's entry into public schools is the latest sign of growing ties between Saudi Arabia and China — Fayez Nureldine With a map of China on the wall behind him, 14-year-old Yasser al-Shaalan ...

The Prince George’s County teacher lifted a foam object from an orange bucket in her lap and waited for someone in the kindergarten class to identify its shape. Not in English. Not even in Spanish.

Six-year-old Harry Brown plopped down on the colorful rug in his kindergarten class and shook a clear little plastic container with two dice. He looked at the sets of dots facing up, added the two ...