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May 19 Inside the Issue
Alaska’s First and Second Daniel Ward asks Brandon Locke and Victor Santos to discuss how Anchorage School District is leading the revitalization of...
Spanish from Cartagena to Patagonia
Language Magazine looks at study abroad options in Colombia and Argentina
Colombia
Colombia’s position as the gateway to South America and the Amazon has shaped its history, making it one of the most diverse and culturally...
Head Start & Framing Bilingualism as an Asset
Aaron Loewenberg highlights some of the ways Head Start is adapting to serve young dual language learners across the country
It is no secret that the U.S. is undergoing a demographic shift. Students of...
A Statistically Significant Success Story
Kate Kinsella and Theresa Hancock offer a compelling story about a successful
program that put hundreds of adolescent English learners on the pathway to success
According to an assessment by the Institute of Education Sciences,...
Bilingual Advocate to Head CA Education
Democratic Assemblyman Tony Thurmond managed to come from behind to emerge as California’s new superintendent of public instruction, beating out Marshall Tuck, a fellow Democrat and former Los Angeles executive of charter schools and...
Bringing Chinese to Preschoolers
Lauren Cortinas presents a
solution for the youngest learners of Mandarin
In October 2014, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg gave a speech at Tsinghua University in Beijing entirely in Mandarin Chinese. While his delivery was not perfect, the...
AB 2514 Dual Language Programs Grant Program Passes in California
AB 2514 Pupil Instruction: Dual Language Grant Program was moved to passed in the state Assembly. The bill has officially been moved to ‘enrolling’ status, meaning that it has passed and been signed by legislature,...
Louisiana Joins La Francophonie
The state of Louisiana is now a member of the International Organization of La Francophonie (IOF). Its application as an observer member was accepted on October 11 by the organization’s member states at their...
L’Alliance Française
Kathy Stein-Smith salutes the resurgence of French in the U.S.
The enduring relationship between the Americans and the French—“Every man has two countries, his own and France.” (Sentiment attributed to Thomas Jefferson)
French Is in the...
References for Interdisciplinary Biliteracy
Batalova, J., & McHugh, M. (2010). Number and growth of students in U.S. schools in need of English instruction. Washington, DC: Migration Policy Institute.
Bauer, E.B. & Gort, M. (Eds) (2012). Early biliteracy development. Exploring...
