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Spanish to Exceed 600M Speakers This Year

The Instituto Cervantes has launched its latest yearbook, Spanish in the World 2024, with the most up-to-date statistics on the language’s international presence and...

Forging Language Futures

A year ago, the Modern Language Association (MLA) delivered sobering news about the state of language study in higher education, along with valuable insights...

Crackdown on ‘Unauthorized’ Chinese

China’s internet regulator has launched a campaign to crack down on “unauthorized” use of language online, in a move experts say is a bid...

Congress Defers FY25 Language Education Funding Decisions

In late September, Congress...

Literacy Policy

Michigan Implements New Literacy/Dyslexia Bills Two new...

Bilingualism Makes the Brain More Efficient

Neuroplasticity is the brain’s ability to build...

International Education Week is Nov. 18-22

International Education Week (IEW), a joint initiative between the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education, is November 18-22, 2024. According...

Canada Freezes NWT Language Allocation

The federal funding allocation for Indigenous language programs in the Northwest Territories (NWT) has stalled at CAN$5.9 million per year for the next three...

New Federal Funds for Native Languages

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced over $7 million in new...

New Ojibwe Immersion Program

This fall, Wisconsin’s Bayfield School District is launching an Ojibwemowin immersion program for kindergarten students in collaboration with the Red Cliff Band of Lake...

WKU Renews Chinese Flagship Program

Western Kentucky University’s (WKU’s) Department of Modern Languages’ Chinese Flagship Program has renewed its four-year $1.5 million grant with The Language Flagship, an initiative...

Saudi Arabian Schools Welcome First Chinese Teachers

The first 175 Chinese language teachers began teaching at primary and middle schools in Saudi Arabia last month, as part of an agreement made...

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