New Guidance to Honor ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi
Following Mahina ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (February’s Hawaiian Language Month), the U.S. Department of the Interior announced new guidance to preserve and also elevate knowledge and practice of the Hawaiian...
View ArticleNew CA Standards Humanize Teaching
California’s Commission on Teacher Credentialing approved long-awaited revised Standards for the Teaching Profession last month that emphasize culturally responsive teaching, social-emotional learning,...
View ArticleNY Bill to Boost Bilingual Teacher Recruitment
In a victory for education equity and diversity, the New York State Senate has passed Bill S3408, the Bilingual Teachers of Tomorrow Program, which establishes a dedicated teacher recruitment and...
View ArticleArgentina Bans ‘Inclusive Spanish’
Recently elected Argentine President Javier Milei’s government has banned the use of “inclusive language” and references to “the gender issue” in public documents, institutions, and processes....
View ArticleChina Exerting Influence in Spanish
A recent study by Chile’s Center for Analysis for Democracy finds Chinese broadcasters have been increasing their footprint in Spanish-speaking countries in the past few years by producing and...
View ArticlePortuguese Planning for Immigrants
The president of Portugal’s recently created Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum (AIMA), Luís Goes Pinheiro, has announced a plan, aimed at immigrants in Portugal who do not speak Portuguese...
View ArticleTaiwan Chinese Test Breaks Record
Taiwan has been actively promoting Chinese language education overseas in recent years and in 2023, the Test of Chinese as a Foreign Language (TOCFL), Taiwan’s proficiency test for Chinese, attracted...
View Article‘Massive’ Expansion of Spanish-Language News
Entravision (NYSE: EVC), a global advertising solutions, media and technology company, is adding 38 new weekly newscasts on its Univision affiliated television stations across the U.S. The expanded...
View ArticleUN to Promote News in Local African Languages
The United Nations (UN) is ready to partner with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) to promote production of news in local languages across Africa, according to Ronald Kayanja, the director of the UN...
View ArticleALAS Accepting Applications for its Leadership Academies
The Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (ALAS) is accepting applications now through April 15, 2024 for its Superintendents Leadership Academy (SLA) and National Principal...
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