In Disney’s “The Princess and the Frog,” the firefly Ray says he has a Cajun accent because he was “born and bred in the bayou!” While that may be true for Ray, the voice actor portraying him, Jim ...

Louisiana has a long history with the French language, and while most Louisianans no longer speak French, a growing number of schools are immersing students in it - all kinds of it. Member station ...

Inside a small school down the bayou, southwest of New Orleans, two second-graders sit at a table covered with flash cards. Juliet and Lana attend École Pointe-au-Chien, a new public French immersion ...

Most Louisianans no longer speak French but more and more schools in the state are teaching it. One small school, southwest of New Orleans, is immersing students in the state's local dialects.