Tag: languagepolicy
Senate Backs Native Language Immersion Programs
The Native Language Immersion Student Achievement Act, originally introduced in early 2014, passed another legislative landmark and was advanced by the Senate Affairs Committee....
Ghana to Push Mother Tongue Instruction
Ghana's Minister for Education, Professor Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang, recently stated her intentions to push through the current language policy, which mandates English language instruction,...
South Africa’s Controversial Language Education
Schools in South Africa will begin offering instruction in various African languages beginning next year. "This means that schools that previously offered English and...
Saving Scotland’s Gaelic Language
The cultural colonization of Anglo-American media has threatened countless languages, including the Gaelic language of Scotland. Not to be confused with the Irish language, which also descended...
English Now Second Place in Puerto Rico
The Puerto Rican Senate recently approved a bill declaring Spanish as the first official language of the country, moving English to second place. The...
Frederick County Repeals English-Only Ordinance
Frederick County has repealed a controversial ordinance making English the county’s official language, which was implemented three years prior. Frederick was Maryland’s first county...
South Africa’s Plans for Chinese Language Education
In the wake of university student protests against multilingual instruction in South Africa, the South African education system announced plans to implement optional Chinese...
The Rising Demand for Bilingual Teachers
Schools are struggling to provide quality education to an increasing number of students who don't speak English. In the last 25 years, the amount...
Navajo Nation Loosens Language Requirement for Leadership
Recently, the collective voice of the Navajo Nation passed a referendum to change the language requirements for the positions of tribal president and vice...
Voting Rights Act Left Some Less Equal
Language minorities earned voting rights only in 1975
August 6th marks the 50th anniversary of the landmark Voting Rights Act, signed into law by Lyndon...
