The Naperville District 203 School Board may discontinue the district’s Latin language program at its Oct. 17 meeting, a proposal drawing protests from some Latin students and their teacher. Jayne ...

For Reina Callier, learning Latin ‘is like lifting weights for your brain’ When a student in one of Reina Callier’s Latin classes said, “I came for the language, I stayed for the vibes,” she laughed, ...

Instead of transitioning between Latin and English, spoken Latin keeps the cognition all in one language. Illustration by Meilan Solly / Photos via Getty Center, Metropolitan Museum of Art under ...

GREENWICH — When Greenwich High School Latin students heard that their higher level language courses were going to be canceled next school year, they pushed back and the district listened.

Latin is a dead language. Or at least that’s what I’d heard growing up. As a kid, the only time I was confronted with the language was in church, singing hymns I couldn’t hope to translate. But as a ...