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Senate Considers Reclassification for ELL’s
The senate is considering updating the criteria for reclassification for English Language Learners (ELL’s)...
Mass. House Pushes For Diversity in ELL Teaching
Last week, the Massachusetts House passed a bill that would eliminate “one size fits all” teaching for English Language Learners ( ELL ). The...
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...
Republicans Introduce Bill to Replace Foreign Language with Coding in Virginia...
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...
Bipartisan Language Education Bill Introduced
Reps. David Price (D-NC), Leonard Lance (R-NJ), Joe Crowley (D-NY), and Don Young (R-AK) have introduced the World Language Advancement Act (H.R. 3096), which...
What does Bill Gates regret?
This week in an online Reddit chat, Bill Gates revealed his main regret:
“I feel pretty stupid that I don't know any foreign languages. I...
Aboriginal Education Bill Faces Backlash
Shawn Atleo, the national chief of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) faces criticism this week, after supporting a government bill described as a...
Alaska Senate Passes Native Language Bill
The Alaska Senate voted this morning to make each of Alaska’s native languages, official languages of the state.
Twenty-one indigenous languages, including :Iñupiaq,...
California Bill to Support Multilingual Education
Senator Ricardo Lara (D-Long Beach/Huntington Park) announced legislation that would enable California’s public schools to provide multilingual instruction, granting more students access to valuable...
New Bill to Support Language Teaching at School
LAUTENBERG, HOLT INTRODUCE BILL TO SUPPORT INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING
U.S. Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Rep. Rush Holt (NJ-12) have...
