Hundreds of middle and high school students in St. Paul Public Schools are learning the Karen language. It’s believed to be the first program of its kind in the country. The teaching of the Karen ...

ST PAUL, Minn — "You have to start from scratch. You have to learn everything from scratch," said Eh Tah Khu, co-executive director of the Karen Organization of Minnesota. Eh Tah Khu recalls his ...

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The Karen language hasn’t been taught in schools anywhere in the world since the 1960s in Burma. The St. Paul public schools in Minnesota, however, have set out to change that. Karen, which is ...

David joined the WCCO team in April 2020, previously working at CBS 58 in Milwaukee. Prior to that, he worked in Las Vegas. While there, David covered several stories in the national spotlight, ...

Fifteen Hmong Educators earned their Minnesota K-12 World Languages & Cultures teaching license with an emphasis on Hmong language and culture from Concordia College in Moorhead. CATHY WURZER: You ...

Paw Soe, left, and Mi Meh work on their language lessons at Woodson Kindergarten Center in Austin, Minn. in Sept. 2014. Beginning in fall 2023, St. Paul Public Schools will add Karen to its roster of ...

“Children’s Stories,” St. Paul Public Library’s third book in the S’gaw Karen language, will be launched during a community celebration from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 9, at Arlington Hills ...

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"I did not think I would have a chance to continue to learn Karen language once I resettle to Australia but I am so happy now because I get to learn it", says Naw Kwa La Paw a student attending Karen ...