Chinese ‘Linguistic Coup’ in East Africa
As part of its goal to displace American influence, China is winning linguistic hearts in East Africa (a bloc of 300 million people), by...
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Analysis of State Funding for English Learners
The Education Commission of
the States (ECS), an interstate compact on U.S. education policy, has
released a new analysis of how states allocate funding for English...
Jan. 20 is #MLKDay
Monday, January 20 is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, also known as MLK Day of Service. The holiday is both a celebration of Dr....
Rising Voices
In celebration of the International Year of Indigenous Languages 2019 (#IYIL19), Rising Voices has joined forces with partners in organizing four rotating Twitter campaigns...
Israel Launches English Reform
The Council for Higher Education has approved the new reform
regarding conversion of academic educational programs from Hebrew to English
and to run them in parallel...
‘Home of Hispanic Cultures’ to Open in LA
The Cervantes Institute will open its first center in Los Angeles, which will be "the home of Hispanic cultures," according to Cervantes director Luis García...
Teacher Education Reformers Urged to Take Caution
An alliance of leaders in colleges of education across the country have released a statement cautioning against many of the current trends for “reforming”...
Canada Elections May Favor French
The Bloc Québécois, revitalized under its new leader Yves-François Blanchet, managed to win 32 seats (up from ten) in the recent Canadian general election,...
Singaporeans Urged to Renew Mandarin Learning
Singapore has to acknowledge that it is losing its bilingual competitive edge and put in more effort to speak Mandarin at home, according to...
Western Australia Digitizes Indigenous Languages
The Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre has launched a series of four immersive apps produced in the Digital Innovation Hub the center has...
School Climate Changes EL Success Rates
Ohio’s Cleveland Partnership for English Learner Success—an alliance of Cleveland Metropolitan School District’s (CMSD’s) Multilingual Multicultural Education Office, the research office, and researchers from...
Books Best Practice for Reading Comprehension
Books have broad vocabulary and diverse language structures that are important for developing the ability to understand content. “Long, continuous texts with diverse and...
Jan. 4 is #WorldBrailleDay
Today (January 4) was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in November of 2018 as World Braille Day to raise awareness of...
