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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Educated Choices
Although education has hardly been a major issue during this campaign, apart from the school reopening question, next month’s elections will have a profound...
Oct. 5 is World Teachers’ Day
October 5 is World Teachers' Day and this year the theme is "Teachers: Leading in crisis, reimagining the future." The following is an excerpt...
Call to Reimagine English Learner Education
Coalition for English Learner Equity issues a call to help address the education disparities faced by English Learners across the U.S.
The Coalition for English...
Inner Mongolians Protest Chinese Language Classes
A new directive in the Inner Mongolia region is causing parents to protest. The directive will require three subjects — language and literature, politics,...
The New Normal Takes Testing Online
While academic institutions around the world struggle to decide the way forward for the upcoming school year, how to test students safely and accurately...
New Research Shows Certain Languages, English Included, May Spread COVID-19 Faster
A new study suggests that English speakers create more droplets in the air when they talk, which may make them more likely to spread...
Controversy over USC Professor for Using Chinese Expression
A USC Professor is under fire for using a Chinese expression that sounds like an English-language slur. The professor, who was suspended, came under...
Miami Herald’s Spanish-Language Newspaper Causes Controversy Over Anti-Semitic Insert, Editor Resigns
This week, editors at The Miami Herald and its Spanish-language cohort, El Nuevo Herald, apologized to readers over a Spanish-language insert that said American...
New Dictionary Preserves Rare Indigenous language Umpithamu of Cape York, Australia
Jean-Christophe Verstraete, a professor of linguistics at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, worked closely with two sisters who were the last speakers of Umpithamu to...
Abu Dhabi Announces Five-Year Plan to Promote Arabic
Sheikh Khalid bin Mohamed, chair of the Abu Dhabi Executive Office, has approved the Arabic Language Center’s strategy for 2020 to 2025, which will...
Australia Hosts Twitter Takeover for Indigenous Languages
In celebration of the 13th anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, ALNF partnered with Twitter Australia to celebrate;...
Sep. 23 is International Day of Sign Languages
September 23 is the United Nations' International Day of Sign Languages and this year's theme is "Sign Languages are for Everyone!" The result of...
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