Tag: politics
Spanish Speaks in Florida’s Elections
A settlement has been reached in one of the largest lawsuits filed under the 1965 Voting Rights Act, over providing Spanish-language ballots and assistance to voters in nearly half of Florida’s counties.
After a long...
Deaf Community Debates Sign for ‘Joe Biden’
The Deaf community is currently debating on what exactly to sign for the U.S. President-Elect Joe Biden. Until now, the community has been spelling the name out, signing B-I-D-E-N, but many public figures, including...
Poll Finds out What Latino Voters Want in Presidential Candidate
UnidosUS, the United State’s largest nonprofit advocacy organization,
has recently released its 2020 National Latino Electorate Survey. The Survey
was based on a poll conducted by Latino Decisions to measure Latino sentiment
toward the parties, and gain...
Reaching English Learners Act Gains Support
TESOL International Association has pledged its support for the bipartisan Reaching English Learners Act (H.R. 1153, S. 545). The legislation would create a grant program for colleges and universities under Title II Part B...
OELA Reorganization Set for January
A slew of educational advocacy organizations, including TESOL, the Center for Applied Linguistics, American Federation of Teachers, Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents, Joint National Committee for Languages, National Association for Bilingual Education, Hispanic...
Tell Congress to Support World Languages
The Trump Administration's FY 2018 budget blueprint proposes a $54 million increase to the Department of Defense, to be offset by cuts to programs in the domestic, non-defense discretionary portion of the budget. Among...
What Should Trump Do for Education in the U.S.? Part I
Part I in Language Magazine's series in which we ask key figures in the world of language education what President Trump should do to improve educational outcomes in the U.S.
A Six-Step Plan
Stephen Krashen
1. Focus...
Colorado Senate Embraces Seal of Biliteracy
On the day after Valentine's Day, Colorado’s bilingual advocates received a belated gift from their state senate. The Republican-controlled senate voted in favor of Senate Bill 17-123, the Colorado Seal of Biliteracy by a...
Republicans Introduce Bill to Replace Foreign Language with Coding in Virginia Public Schools
Glenn R. Davis, R-Virginia Beach of the Virginia House of Delegates has introduced a bill that could essentially eliminate foreign language classes in favor of coding classes in Virginia. Virginia, which in 2013 had...
Trading in Futures
Is Trump's nomination of DeVos as Education Secretary a bargaining ploy?
Like many of his cabinet nominations, Donald Trump’s proposal that Betsy DeVos lead the Education Department appears to be akin to asking a fox...