Tag: news
New CA Standards Humanize Teaching
California’s Commission on Teacher Credentialing approved long-awaited revised...
Laws to Preserve Cherokee Renewed
Last month in Talequah, Oklahoma, the Cherokee Nation renewed a law aimed at preserving the Cherokee language.
At an official ceremony, Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin...
Refining State Measurements of EL Success
A new report (https://www.migrationpolicy.org/research/state-accountability-systems-english-learners) from...
Native American Language Grant Program Accepting Applications Until Mar. 7
The purposes of the Native American Language Grant (NAL@ED) program are to support schools that use Native American and Alaska Native languages as the...
Revised Biliteracy Act Introduced to Congress
US Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) and US Representative...
What is Orania?
Orania is a White Dutch–only enclave and an “independent” country inside South Africa. Inside Orania, English and the majority of African languages are banned—sort...
Google and RAE Join Forces to Improve Spanish Searches and Keyboard
Last month, Google announced a series of new features that will optimize the use of Spanish across their applications. In conjunction with the...
Is the English Rhotic ‘r’ Disappearing?
The strong ‘r’ sound found in British accent variations of the English language may be in danger of disappearing, a study has found.
Researchers at...
