Tag: language
English Hegemony as an Issue of Justice
(December 2021) Richard C. Benton Jr. argues that multilingualism is the birthright of all Americans
Feds Launch Multi-Agency Initiative to Preserve Native Languages
The U.S. Departments of the Interior, Education, and Health & Human Services have launched a new initiative to help preserve, protect, and promote Native...
#GivingTuesday is Here!
Each year on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, known as Giving Tuesday, people around the world donate to the causes that matter most to them.
Since...
California’s Commitment: Literacy, Biliteracy, and Libraries
I have only one critical comment about California’s Secretary of Education Thurmond’s task force report, “California Commits to Literacy and Bets on Biliteracy,” but...
Bilingual Ed Boosts English Writing
A first-of-its-kind study from the University of Kansas (KU), examining three key cognitive functions and their role in learning to write, suggests that insufficient...
Campaign Against Library Censorship
EveryLibrary has launched a campaign against proposed measures in several states that could lead to librarians facing criminal charges as a result of their...
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...
We’re Naturally Bilingual
Neuroscientists at New York University have discovered that the brain uses a shared mechanism for combining words from a single language and for combining...
Reading & Writing Project Celebrates 100th Reunion
Last month, the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project (TCRWP) celebrated their 100th Reunion with 5000 teachers virtually attending more than 250 free workshops. For...
Getting Kids to Listen
The current boom in podcasting has captured public attention for a variety of reasons, from the nostalgic reference to radio shows of the pre-TV...
