Seventh grade students at Ottoson Middle School participated in gladiator battles with cardboard swords during Latin class and used Latin cheers and phrases. (Photo by Nathan Klima for The Boston ...

Fan fiction, Minecraft and Taylor Swift lyrics are hardly the stuff of traditional Latin lessons. They are, however, part of an expanding repertoire that teachers are successfully drawing on to deepen ...

Carol Ramsey smiles when her students use the so-called dead language to talk about the latest Ben Affleck movie. After all, students can say or write just about anything in her class — as long as ...