Tag: languagepolicy
Choosing Schools, and Battles
Daniel Ward refuses to be distracted by efforts to divide supporters of public education
The dogdays of summer have been rudely disturbed by the reaction...
Florida Seeks Funds for Puerto Rican English Learners
With backing from a slew of Florida lawmakers, bipartisan legislation has been proposed...
Save Fulbright-Hays International Research/Training Funds
The draft FY2018 appropriations bill of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (Labor-H) would eliminate the Fulbright-Hays program...
California Adopts ‘Historic’ English Learner Roadmap
Today, the California State Board of Education unanimously adopted a revolutionary “English Learner Roadmap”...
Russian Retreat in Ukraine
The Ukrainian parliament (Verkhovna Rada) has passed a bill requiring that 75% of national...
Kazakhstan Spells Out Script Swap
Kazakhstan's President Nazarbayev has announced a timeline to switch the country's writing system over from the Cyrillic to the Latin script with full implementation...
Congress Advised of Critical Need to Boost Language Study
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS) delivered its final report on...
Spanish Election Optimistic for Multilingualism
Nehemías Giménez García sees a boost for multilingualism in a multi-party government.
On Sunday, December 20th, the Spanish democratic system won. The general election results, boasting...
Spain to Promote English with Subtitles
With general elections just days ahead, Spain’s Partido Popular (PP) has proposed a plan to support education, and a significant aspect of the plan...
Language Conflict in Malaysian Courts
Tan Sri Adenan Satem, the Chief Minister of Sarawak, one of two Malaysian states on the island of Borneo, is stirring up controversy by...
NYC Introduces Language Program Legislation
Council members have called on the Department of Education, "to amend the administrative code of the city of New York in relation to foreign...
India to Continue with German
India and Germany resolved the sticky German language issue during Chancellor Angela Merkel's visit last month. Once again, students in Kendriya Vidyalaya schools (KVs)...
