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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Taiwan Goes Native
The Taiwanese Ministry of Education has announced that programs in the nation’s native languages will be compulsory from 2016.
The country’s Minister of Education Chiang...
French Writer Wins Guadalajara Award
Yves Bonnefoy has been awarded the 2013 Guadalajara International Book Fair Prize in Romance Languages for a work dedicated to "the great pillars of...
Celebrate International Literacy Day 2013
Gift a book!
Read to a child!
Donate to a literacy organization!
Learn a new word!
Visit a library!
Literacy is a right and a foundation for lifelong learning,...
Language Learning Alters Brain
According to a joint study by the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital – The Neuro at McGill University and Oxford University, the age at...
Everyone’s Speaking Spanish
According to an analysis of the 2011 American Community Survey by the Pew Research Center, a record 37.6 million people above the age of...
Education and Civil Rights, 50 Years After the March on Washington
Posted on August 27, 2013 on Homeroom, the official blog of the US Dept of Education by Arne Duncan
I’ve often said that education is...
Discovery of Indigenous Language Documentation
A treasure trove of indigenous language documents from across Australia may help in the revitalization of the country's struggling native tongues.
The accounts of early...
UPDATE: Call for CCSS Assessments in Spanish
The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) has asked both Achieve, Inc. and the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers...
129 New Chinese Guest Teachers for U.S. Schools
Over a hundred new teachers from China are ready to serve in the Chinese Guest Teacher Program, a collaboration between the College Board and...
Migration Focus of International Youth Day
UN Secretary-General's Message for 2013:
This year’s observance of International Youth Day focuses on the issue of youth migration. Of the annual total of...
Celebrate the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
2013 Theme: "Indigenous peoples building alliances: Honoring treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements"
The International Day of the World's Indigenous People (9 August) was first...
French Cinema on Demand
TV5MONDE USA has launched the first video-on-demand (VOD) cable platform devoted entirely to French-language films in twelve major markets on Comcast systems around the U.S....
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