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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Louisiana Debates Bilingual Education as a Right
Lawmakers in Louisiana are pushing to make language immersion a right.
“Every kid should have the right of a bilingual education,” said Rep. Stephen Ortego...
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California Bill to Support Multilingual Education
Senator Ricardo Lara (D-Long Beach/Huntington Park) announced legislation that would enable California’s public schools to provide multilingual instruction, granting more students access to valuable...
Ukraine Revokes Linguistic Rights
The new Ukrainian government has repealed the country’s minority language law following the resignation and flight of President Viktor Yanukovych after rioting in Kiev...
Obama & Peña Nieto Agree to Boost Student Exchange
Building on the recently announced 100,000 Strong in the Americas initiative, Mexico’s President Peña Nieto and U.S. President Obama agreed to boost student exchange...
Schools Consortium Calls for Bilingualism
According to a new "federal accountability framework" released by the forward-thinking Large Countywide and Suburban District Consortium, “Federal law should: A. Establish college and...
Libraries & Schools Get E-Rate Boost
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler announced that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will work to improve the federal E-Rate program to facilitate access to internet...
It’s All Geek to Me
New Mexico state Sen. Jacob Candelaria (D) proposed a bill that would allow computer programming to satisfy the state’s foreign language requirement.
“Districts could...
Aramaic at Risk
The survival of Aramaic, once the Middle East’s lingua franca, is in jeopardy amid regional turmoil.
Recently, the Syrian government sent troops to the ancient,...
Have Style? Need Language.
Languages are in vogue in the fashion industry
The UK's Guardian reports on how international brands and overseas supply chains make languages essential...
Sharing MLK’s Dream
To celebrate Martin Luther King Day, here are some links for teachers and students to resources (translations, analyses, explanations) on his ground-breaking and poetic...
Biden Pledges to Double Number of US Students in Rest of Americas
During today’s press conference, launching President Obama’s 100,000 Strong in the Americas initiative: Vice President Joe Biden confirmed that the plan was to double...
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