Editing Education in the United States (section)

====English-language education====
Schools in the 50 [[U.S. state|states]], [[Washington, D.C.]], the [[U.S. Virgin Islands]], [[Guam]], and the [[Northern Mariana Islands]], teach primarily in English, with the exception of specialized [[language immersion]] programs.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}

In 2015, 584,000 students in [[Puerto Rico]] were taught in [[Spanish language|Spanish]], their native language.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://puerto-rico.educationbug.org/public-schools|title=Puerto Rico Public School – List of Puerto Rico Public Schools}}</ref>

The [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] [[Cherokee Nation]] instigated a 10-year language preservation plan that involved growing new fluent speakers of the [[Cherokee language]] from childhood on up through school immersion programs as well as a collaborative community effort to continue to use the language at home.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Native Now: Language: Cherokee|work=We Shall Remain – American Experience – PBS|access-date=April 9, 2014|year=2008|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/weshallremain/native_now/language_cherokee}}</ref><ref name=preservation>{{Cite web|title=Cherokee Language Revitalization|work=Cherokee Preservation Foundation|access-date=April 9, 2014|year=2014|url=http://www.cherokeepreservationfdn.org/cultural-preservation-connect/major-programs-and-initiatives/cherokee-language-revitalization|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407070520/http://www.cherokeepreservationfdn.org/cultural-preservation-connect/major-programs-and-initiatives/cherokee-language-revitalization|archive-date=April 7, 2014|df=mdy}}</ref><ref name="kpep">Kituwah Preservation & Education Program Powerpoint, by Renissa Walker (2012)'. 2012. Print.</ref>
<ref>{{Cite news|last=Chavez|first=Will|title=Immersion students win trophies at language fair|work=Cherokeephoenix.org|access-date=April 8, 2013|date=April 5, 2012|url=http://www.cherokeephoenix.org/Article/Index/6142}}</ref> In 2010, 84 children were being educated in this manner.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cherokee.org/Services/Education/ImmersionSchool.aspx|title=Immersion School|access-date=January 16, 2015|archive-date=January 11, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111022200/http://www.cherokee.org/Services/Education/ImmersionSchool.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>

As of 2000, some 9.7 million children aged 5 to 17 primarily speak a language other than English at home. Of those, about 1.3 million children do not speak English well or at all.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/phc-t20.html|title=Summary Tables on Language Use and English Ability: 2000. United States Census (2000)|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=September 21, 2013}}</ref>