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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Brown Can’t Retire at 65
School segregation increasing as we mark 65th anniversary of
Brown v Board of Education
As the nation
marks the 65th
anniversary of the landmark Brown v Board of...
Crow Summer Institute
The Crow Summer Institute is occurring in Crow Agency, Montana, at the Little Big Horn College starting June 3rd through June 21st of 2019....
$15M Global Learning XPRIZE Shared by Two Winners
Teams Recognized for Developing Effective, Scalable, Open-Source Learning Software for Children around the World. Language Magazine readers urged to show their support and join...
U.S. Military Cuts Foreign-Language Institute Funding
According to Foreign Policy, The Trump Administration is slashing funds for the Defense Language Institute’s overseas immersion program in order to divert funds to...
OELA Hosts Multiliteracy Symposium
On May 6, the Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA) hosted a multiliteracy symposium. The theme of the symposium was "Celebrating the Diverse Linguistic...
Bilingual Children Adapt to Others’ Needs Better
Bilingual children adapt to the needs of their communication partners better than monolingual children, according to a study published in Child Development, because children...
How Internet Slang Enters ASL Vernacular
As the Oxford dictionary updates its lexicon with Internet-y terms such as “lolcat” (a photograph of a cat accompanied by a humorous and typically...
Celebrating New Zealand Sign Language Week
May 6-May 12 is New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) Week. It is organized each year Deaf Aotearoa, a national organization representing the voice of...
Language Crucial to Accurate Census 2020
In recognition of the fact that limited-English-proficient households are traditionally underrepresented in census reporting, the federal government is planning to officially collect Census 2020...
Celebrate Teachers with Teacher Appreciation!
May 7th National Teacher Day, and May 5-11 is 2019's Teacher Appreciation Week. PTA launched a campaign, #ThankATeacher. They are urging students and education...
Leveled Readers
The benefits of free, voluntary reading are undeniable, but finding books that are interesting and exciting without being too advanced can be a challenge....
Getting Personal
Nick Gaehde and Liz Brooke discuss Lexia Learning’s solutions for diverse classrooms and tell us what to expect next
Daniel Ward: We’ve gone through a...
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