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House Passes Biliteracy Education Seal and Teaching Act
This week, the House of Representatives approved an amendment to the FY23 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that authorizes the Biliteracy Education and Seal Teaching...
Omnibus Budget Boosts Education Spending
Last month, Congress passed the final Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Omnibus Appropriations Bill, which included a nearly $3 billion increase in education spending.Most of...
Avant and Linguacious Donate Ukrainian Books to Refugee Children
Avant Assessment, the developer of online language proficiency tests in more than 40 languages, and Linguacious, an independent children’s book publisher based in Iowa...
Hindi Conflict Reignites in India
The conflict over whether or not India should have Hindi as its national language has once again ignited after the Union Home Minister of...
EL Teachers Need More Math Support
Even though nearly 20% of students in California K-12 schools are English Learners, the latest research from EdTrust...
UN Forum Focuses on Language Rights
Last month, on the first day of the 21st United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) in New York, Indigenous people from every...
That Figures
One of the definitions of figure is “a diagram or picture.” At the most basic level, figurative language is language that names or describes...
Russian and French Media Blocked
Last month, Russia blocked access to the websites of Radio France Internationale and the Russian-language service of The Moscow Times in the latest restrictions...
Free Access to Japanese Materials
JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles, a Japanese cultural destination in the heart of Hollywood, has expanded its resources to include an extensive digital library with...
Task-Based Language-Learning App Wins
A start-up company helping people learn different languages is the winner of the 2022 University of Hawai’i Venture Competition (UHVC). GOALL (Great Online Activities...
Hawaiian Lawmakers Apologize for Language Suppression
The legislature adopted House Concurrent Resolution 130 (HCR 130), which recognizes and apologizes for the damage caused by Act 57, a law passed shortly...
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