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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Opinion–Can We Make Chinese Less Graphic?
While many schools are dropping foreign language classes, the number of schools offering...
Students Create Music Video “Dreamchild” in French, English and Mowhawk
A new video created by students at St. Willibrord School in Châteauguay, Que, near...
Grants to Fully Fund Chinese and Arabic Teachers @ K-12 Schools
U.S. K-12 schools can host a fully-funded teacher from Egypt, Morocco, or China with the help of Teachers of Critical Languages Program (TCLP) grants. TCLP...
Taking a Leaf from Biology to Preserve Languages
Biodiversity scientists use language tree to help guide preservation efforts
Scores of indigenous North...
Confucius Launches Chinese Online Test and Programs
The Confucius Institute and XuetangX have launched a platform for students around the world who want to learn Chinese and pass the HSK proficiency...
Tamazight Protests Hit Algeria
Protestors in northern Algeria are calling on the government to fund promotion and...
Spanish Media Lacking Diversity
GLAAD, the pressure group for acceptance of the LGBTQ community, has released its second annual Spanish-language media report, Still Invisible/Todavía invisibles (https://www.glaad.org/stillinvisible-todaviainvisible). The bilingual...
The Disintegration of Our Schools
Daniel Ward argues that expansion of the school voucher system could undermine integration
Growing up in a multicultural, multiracial, multiethnic, multilingual environment is the basis...
Macron Sees Bright Future for French
French president Emmanuel Macron said his native tongue would “be the first language of...
Youthquake Hits Oxford
Today, Oxford Dictionaries announced its Word of the Year 2017 is YOUTHQUAKE (noun /ˈjuːθkweɪk/), defined as a significant cultural, political, or social change arising...
How Repealing Net Neutrality Could Affect Schools’ Internet Access
Richard Culatta, CEO of the International Society for Technology in Education, talks to NPR's Kelly McEvers about the potential impact on classrooms if net...
The Rise of Women through the Birth of Languages
Jenna Lau reveals the secrets of Nushu, a language emblematic of Chinese female empowerment and sisterhood.
History is rife with accounts of gender inequality and discrimination,...
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