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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French Accept their Feminine Side
The use of the feminine form of job titles has finally been
accepted by members of the Académie Française, the guardians of the French
language.
The Academy’s...
Japan Recognizes Ainu
The Japanese government has endorsed a bill to officially
recognize the Ainu ethnic minority as an indigenous people of Japan for the
first time and calls...
Bilingual Babies Focus Better
According to new research published in Developmental Science
and carried out at Canada’s York University, babies who hear two languages at home develop advantages in attention.
In...
Linguistic Chauvinism Condemned
Genevieve Finn examines two incidents of influential Americans demanding English be used by speakers of Asian languages which have sparked widespread criticism
In late January,...
LA Strike Sets Tone for Funding, Charters
Weakening of districts and unions through increased “charterization” was at the heart of the dispute
As the teachers’ strike in the nation’s second-largest school district...
Two Teams Share $7M Adult Literacy XPRIZE
XPRIZE, in partnership with the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy and the Dollar General Literacy Foundation, has announced two grand prize winners of...
Spanish Musician Lau Noah Wows on NPR Tiny Desk
Lau Noah is a singer-songwriter from Reus, Spain who recently performed on NPR’s Tiny Desk series—a web series that showcases emerging and established musicians...
New OAS Ambassador for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Venezuelan activist, actress, and model Patricia Velásquez has been designated as the Organization of American States (OAS) Goodwill Ambassador for the Rights of Indigenous...
Official Launch of International Year of Indigenous Languages
The official launch of the International Year of Indigenous Languages (IYIL), co-organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the...
Korean Royal Code
The new crown prince of Korea, tech entrepreneur Andrew Lee, a Korean-American, owes his royal title to a plan to create a free coding...
China Wants Filipino English Teachers
An English-teaching platform aimed at the $4.5 billion market for online language lessons in China is looking to hire 100,000 Filipino English teachers over...
Russian Wrangles with Ukrainian
More than 60% of Ukrainian citizens want the Ukrainian language to be the only official state language in the country, according to the results...
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