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Sir Ken Robinson @ FETC
Language Magazine favorite Sir Ken Robinson will be delivering the opening keynote address at next month's FETC (JANUARY 23 - 26, 2018, ORANGE COUNTY...
Massachusetts Restores Bilingual Education
Massachusetts’ Republican Governor Charlie Baker has signed the LOOK Bill into law which will allow the state’s schools to offer bilingual and dual-language education....
Spanish Speakers Rising by Five Million a Year
Spain’s Instituto Cervantes has released its annual report on the Spanish language: El español en el mundo 2017, revealing...
Obama Calls ESEA Reauthorization a Christmas Miracle
This morning, President Obama signed the new iteration of the 50-year old Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). Before signing the bill the President...
ESEA Reauthorization Does More for ELLs
The Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) has officially been released, an earlier draft of which was criticized for not providing critical protections...
Dual-language Programs Improve Reading Skills
According to a recent study, the first of its kind and scale, students enrolled in dual-language immersions programs, in which students are taught in both...
NYC Introduces Language Program Legislation
Council members have called on the Department of Education, "to amend the administrative code of the city of New York in relation to foreign...
Child Poverty Stymies Achievement in School
A new report published by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) analyzes data on well-being across its 34 member countries. The study, “How’s...
Dual-Language Programs On the Rise
According to the Department of Education, with the addition of 39 new and expanded programs this fall, New York City now has about 180...
