Iñupiaq in Action
This past fall, we were writing animal counting stories in my first-grade class. I had one of the best experiences as I was working...
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Pledge Support for the Paul Simon Study Abroad Program Act
The Paul Simon Study Abroad Act is being introduced this Thursday (4/11/19), and we are calling on our readers to join us is in...
National Library Week: This Library Changed One Woman’s Life
Richard Lederer celebrates National Library Week (April 7–13). This year’s theme is "Libraries = Strong Communities."
Decades ago, when I was teaching and writing in...
Language Crucial to Accurate Census
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 responses...
A Network of Teachers for Globally Connected Immersion Classrooms
This summer, for the first time, there will be a special event designed to bring immersion and CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) educators together....
Germans Resist Gender Modifications
On March 6, more
than seventy high-profile Germans, including linguists, teachers, journalists,
lawyers, and writers, published a letter and an accompanying petition that
condemned new linguistic practices...
Black Dialects a Barrier to Justice
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A new study finds
that Philadelphia court reporters did not accurately transcribe the speech of
speakers of African American English (AAE) at the 95% accuracy...
Humanoid Robot ‘Inspires ALL Students to Explore STEM, Coding, and Programming‘
RoboKind, the creators of robots4autism and Milo, have introduced Jett, the coding and programming robot, along with the robots4STEM curriculum. Designed to teach all...
TIFF premiere: Sgaawaay K’uuna, the first feature film about the Haida people
By Leonie Sandercock Professor, University of British Columbia Originally published on The Conversation.
Sgaawaay K'uuna (Edge of the Knife), premiering at the Toronto International Film...
Chinese for All Saudi Arabian Schools
During a recent trip to China by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed
bin Salman (MbS), the Saudi Foreign Ministry announced that the kingdom had
committed to implementing
Chinese...
Macedonia Agrees Name Change and Expands Albanian Use
In what may be the most significant diplomatic step in the Balkans since the end of the war in the 1980s, after 27 years,...
$1 million for Indigenous Languages in Alberta
Canadian Premier Rachel Notley has announced a $1 million commitment to the Indigenous Language Resource Center at Calgary’s new Central Library. The Indigenous Center...
Hawaiian Flying High
Cultural Milestone of Hawai'i
Hawaiian Airlines has marked an important cultural milestone as Hawai‘i’s airline by establishing an ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i (Hawaiian language) certification program for...
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