The Terre Haute Tribune-Star – Mark Bennett
“My monolingual status isn’t unique, at least not in the U.S. Only 20 percent of students in grades K-through-12 throughout all 50 states and the District of Columbia were enrolled in foreign language classes in 2017, according to the nonprofit American Councils for International Education, cited in a Pew Research Center report last August. Indiana fell slightly short of that mark, with 19.57 percent 1,165,262 students involved in foreign language studies. No foreign language credits are necessary to earn a technical honors, general or Core 40 high school degree in the state, the Indiana Department of Education explained Thursday. Only the academic honors diploma requires foreign language studies — either six credits in one language or four credits in two different languages.” (more)