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Kyiv Rejects Russian

According to a survey, 33% of Kyiv’s residents have switched from speaking Russian to Ukrainian since Putin’s invasion a year ago. About 46% said they had been speaking Ukrainian for a long time, while...

Multilingualism Makes It into Biden’s Budget

Under President Biden’s budget request for fiscal year 2024, the Department of Education would receive $90.6 billion in discretionary spending, a $10.8 billion (or 13.6%) increase from FY23. It also requests “a name change...

English Learners Rarely Identified as Gifted

NWEA, a not-for-profit research and educational services organization serving K–12 students, has released a new study focusing on...

Tutors of Choice

When we decided to choose a tutoring partner, our students were just returning to campus after learning remotely...

Could native language shape musical ability?

According to a new study, speakers of tonal and non-tonal languages may perceive music differently.  Research conducted by The Music Lab - a collaborative department from The University of Auckland and Yale University, revealed that...

Our native language affects brain wiring

Scientists in Leipzig, Germany have found evidence that the language we speak affects the connectivity pathways in our...
Father With Down Syndrome Daughter Reading Book At Home Together

Indiana Proposes Reading Requirement

Indiana lawmakers are supporting a bill to require Science of Reading (SoR) curricula in all the state’s schools, following the example of neighboring Ohio, where Gov. Mike DeWine has proposed spending $162 million to...

French Tests May Be Required for Migrants

Lawmakers are increasing efforts to make it harder to stay in France long term if you don’t speak French. A new immigration bill presented on February 1 outlines measures to introduce a compulsory language...

Listen before Repeating

When someone hears a concept or a person’s name for the first time, the most common way of learning this new word is to repeat it out loud. However, previous studies have found contradictory...

Cardona Sets Goal of Multilingualism for All Students

At last month’s National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE) annual conference in Portland, Oregon, US secretary for education...
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