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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Spanish Ballot Win in Florida
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) announced Thursday that he would ensure that Spanish-language ballots are available across the state. The announcement comes after legal...
Paul Simon Study Abroad Act Reintroduced to Senate
Senators recognize that study abroad prepares U.S. students to compete globally
U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Roger Wicker
(R-MS), and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) today...
Celebrating National Library Week 2019
We are halfway through this year’s National Library week, and celebrations continue to take place in and about libraries across the country. National Library...
ALNF Living First Language Platform Wins at SXSW
The Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation (ALNF) won an award at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Innovation Awards in Austin, Texas in the Innovation...
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...
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