California Bill Requiring Kindergarten Exempts Early English Testing
Parallel California Assembly (2226) and Senate (1056) Bills have been introduced that would require children to attend one year of kindergarten before enrolling in...
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Chinese Dialects Honored in Film
Last month’s Zurong Dialect Film Festival, one of China’s campaigns to preserve language diversity, received 582 entries featuring various dialects in just its second...
Florida’s ESSA Plan ‘Impedes Progress of ELLs’
The Florida Department of Education’s implementation plan for the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) has been roundly criticized as it relates to English learner...
EF ‘s EPI Reveals Worldwide English Skills
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For the seventh year in a row, Education First (EF), has released their annual report on English proficiency. EF, an international education company...
Should Americans Learn African Languages?
According to the 2011 census, just .03% of Americans speaks an African language. However, the United States was ranked third for capital investment in...
UCLA to Create Center for Greek Culture
A $5 million grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation will enable UCLA to create a center for the study of Hellenic culture, which will...
Bilingual children do find it easier to pick up other languages
It is often claimed that bilinguals are better than monolinguals at learning languages. Now, this hypothesis has found support in a new study of...
Catalan Publisher Leaves Amid Uncertainty
As uncertainty and anxiety over secession grip Spain’s autonomous region of Cataluña, publishing giant Planeta, the world's leading Spanish-language publisher and second biggest publisher...
Nationwide Disparities in Support for Young ELLs
According to a new report from the Migration Policy Institute (MPI), the support...
U.S. Team Wins ” Chinese Bridge ” Contest
A team from the U.S. has won the 15th "Chinese Bridge" language proficiency...
America Becoming More Multilingual
According to an analysis by the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) of newly...
France Welcomes Community College Students
In another move to promote relations between these old allies, the Cultural and...
Greek for Young Refugees
Greek schools are welcoming in more refugee and migrant children who have been stranded in the country. Major efforts by the Greek Ministry of...
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