Ukraine Focuses on Minority Languages
Last month, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, in cooperation with the European Union and the Council of Europe, organized a round...
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Love & Other Emotions Prove to not be Universal Across Languages
Humans have a breadth of emotions and are on a constant
search to express them through language, though sometimes we find that words in
one language...
China’s Baidu Uses AI Understanding in Chinese to Learn English
China’s giant tech company Baidu, has surpassed both
Microsoft and Google when it comes to AI and language learning. The company,
which is sometimes referred to...
School-Safe Video Platform
Boclips for Teachers is a video platform that offers an extensive library of engaging content to bring academic topics to life for all ages...
Speech May Be Ten Times Older Than Previously Thought
New research suggests that speech may not be dependent on the “descended larynx” which could mean that our ancestors were talking 20 million years...
Congress Creates New K-12 World Languages Grant Program
On December 9, 2019, the House and Senate agreed to establish a new world language grant program as a part of the 2020 National...
Dec. 18th is #ArabicLanguageDay
December 18th is World Arabic Language Day and this year's theme is "Arabic Language and Artificial Intelligence." Celebrated since 2012, World Arabic Language...
California Receives $37.5 Million Literacy Grant
In November, the California Department of Education (CDE) was awarded a $37.5 million federal Comprehensive Literacy State Development grant which will allow for the...
Merriam Webster Announces ‘They’ as Word of the Year
The U.S. dictionary Merriam Webster has announced that the gender-neutral singular pronoun 'they' is the word of the year for 2019. The word, which...
Luján, Members of Congress, Advocates Celebrate Passage of Bill to Revitalize Native Languages
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. House Assistant Speaker Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Members of Congress, and advocates celebrate the passage of the Esther Martinez Native American...
Flashing Red Over Reading
Results from the 2019 National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) showed that reading scores for fourth- and eighth-graders in the U.S. have dropped since...
New Book Reveals How to Help Students Overcome Trauma and Stress to Succeed in School
In Mindfulness Practices, published by Solution Tree, authors Christine Mason, Michele M. Rivers Murphy, and Yvette Jackson detail how to build compassionate school communities...
The Latest on American Idioms and Slang
Slangman is back with a brand new, full-color series for the classroom. The Slangman Guide to STREET SPEAK 1 is a first-of-its-kind full-color classroom...
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