Exciting news from the World Lang Dept-w/ all the AP scores in, the class of 2024 finished w/ 22 Seals of Biliteracy in German & Spanish! Combined w/ the class of 2025, students achieved 28 seals in total! Well done to these remarkable students & their teachers! #BeRemarkable

Because Quechua is an oral language, songs play a critical role in its preservation. ow.ly/qx3a50T1upf

UMass Amherst now offering credit for the MA State Seal of Biliteracy! Excellent decision. BostonPublicSchools Seal of Biliteracy umass.edu/registrar/stud…

Using the new online dictionary and companion app, Shoshone language learners can practice and compare their pronunciation against recordings of elders and native speakers. ow.ly/W43k50T4CnY

Aldine ISD educators Ana Cuevas Nicasio, who teaches at Stehlik Elementary School, and Bailey Steffek, who teaches at La Promesa, the newcomer and dual language experience campus were selected for the Texas Association for Bilingual Education awards . ow.ly/XzsQ50T59fr

How do we get more young people interested in learning new languages? ow.ly/X8Ho50T58GW

“The Seal of Biliteracy recognizes those students who have put in the effort to become proficient in more than one language,” said South Dakota Secretary of Education Joe Graves. ow.ly/mg6T50T58MA

Bilingual employees can earn between 5 per cent and 20 per cent more money per hour than those who speak only one language. ow.ly/apfb50T6y4b

Congrats to our 74 Nebraska students who earned 75 Seals of Biliteracy in August 2024! 🌍 Proficiency in English & languages like Spanish, French, and Chinese. Check out the list of recipients here: tinyurl.com/2024AugustndeS… NDE NEWS NDE Allyson DenBeste Seal of Biliteracy ESUCC

Research found the focus on English in schools means many bilingual children who enter schools speaking their heritage languages shift to English only and leave school monolingual. ow.ly/AzSO50T6yra

Congratulations! #SealofBiliteracy

We need more students to become bilingual to support bilingual workforce. ow.ly/42pM50T6yHQ

Eighty-two students at Argo Community High School completed the last school year with a Illinois Seal of Biliteracy. #SealofBiliteracy ow.ly/JKlk50TaeOZ

The Gunnison Watershed school district may launch the Colorado seal of biliteracy program as soon as this year, pending approval from the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) and the school board. #SealofBIliteracy ow.ly/I7QB50TaeTS

The comprehensible input method of language learning says you can learn a second language the way you learned your first. ow.ly/ORSp50TaeWN

For this Labor Day Holiday, let's celebrate the bilingual workers, and clarify the "English-Only" rule at work. Such a rule must be narrowly tailored to address ONLY TO the business necessity. ow.ly/HxaV50TafeC

We hope you do!

The original “Star Wars IV: A New Hope” film that was released in 1977 is being re-released dubbed entirely in the Ojibwe language. ow.ly/Yq6k50TfB9T

“Some people have the notion that sign language can’t express everything that a spoken or written language can. Of course, none of that is true. Sign languages are rich, deep, complex languages.” ow.ly/bhal50TfBBM

“As a teacher I noticed the need,” Romaní said. “But then I saw the same problem and need for myself when I become a mom and I had those goals of having my son know how to speak Spanish, how to read Spanish. ow.ly/Uskg50TfBWs