Tag: diversity
Asylum Process Hampered by Lack of Linguistic Diversity
The Center for American Progress released a report on the importance ofproviding meaningful language access to those seeking asylum in the US in orderto...
Language Diversity at Risk
New research accompanying the launch of a grammar database, has revealed a potential loss of significant, global linguistic diversity.
Postdoctoral researcher Hedvig Skirgård and Associate...
UNESCO Sees Role of EdTech in Multilingual Learning
The theme of last month’s International Mother Language Day, “Using technology for multilingual learning: Challenges and opportunities,” raised the potential of technology to...
High School Student Pens Children’s Book Celebrating Diversity
Surayyah “RayRay” Fofana, a 16-year-old high school student from New Jersey, has published her first book, RayRay Paints a Self-Portrait, to share with the world...
Teacher, Influencer, Developer
Diversity has become a more common topic, especially at work. It is looked at not only in terms of race and gender but also...
Increased Linguistic Diversity Needed in U.S. Health Care
More than 50 languages other than English are commonly used in daily encounters between patients and healthcare providers in the U.S., according to the...
Rebuilding a Diverse Edustructure
For some Americans, the federal government investing a single dime in education is considered an overreach of power and an insult to the Constitution,...
Linguistic Diversity Declines in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea—frequently heralded as the most linguistically diverse place in the entire world—is in the middle of a language crisis. According to a...
Singapore Removes Racist Chinese-language Book
Singapore publisher Marshall Cavendish Education has apologized for any misunderstanding caused to readers after its Chinese-language children’s book Who Wins? was removed from all...
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We are at a critical point in human history where much of our cultural diversity is in danger of disappearing forever. This diversity, which...
