Arizona’s ban of the Mexican American Studies program in the Tucson Unified School District was only one of many discriminatory education policies that our state has faced. Arizona’s English-only instruction policy for English-learning students builds on this legacy of racism in our schools.
What is the situation of the Spanish language in the U.S.? What are its main challenges nowadays? What would be the situation of the Spanish language within three decades?. Come and join us on September 21st. to discuss the future of the Spanish Language in America.
Nielsen BookScan, part of the Nielsen Company (US) LLC, and America Reads Spanish (ARS), present the free weekly list of the Spanish bestseller titles in the US market for week 37 of 2017 (week ending 9/24/2017)
Bilingual education is making a comeback in California, and one reason is research that proved its benefits, Latino education experts say. At a recent conference of Spanish-language journalists from across the country, panelists including a UCLA researcher laid out how far bilingual education has come over the last two decades.
A literary tour of 15 cities in Spain. There are cities that have been marked by literature. Writers have thrust their quills into their streets and their inhabitants to decipher the pulsating entrails of those cities.
The Madrid publisher, founder of Páginas de Espuma, an independent label from which he has built a catalog where some of the most important contemporary storytellers coexist with universal literature classics.
Nielsen BookScan, part of the Nielsen Company (US) LLC, and America Reads Spanish (ARS), present the free weekly list of the Spanish bestseller titles in the US market for week 36 of 2017 (week ending 9/10/2017)
Nielsen BookScan, part of the Nielsen Company (US) LLC, and America Reads Spanish (ARS), present the free weekly list of the Spanish bestseller titles in the US market for week 35 of 2017 (week ending 9/3/2017)
In celebration of International Literacy Day, we are looking at literature to help students understand and respect other cultures. Kaitlin E. Thomas, a Lecturer of Spanish at Norwich University and Instructor of Spanish for the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth, shares how e-books can be utilizied for teaching culture in foreign language classes.
Wander into El Super, a sprawling grocery store in the same valley where fortune seekers on horseback laid claim nearly four centuries ago to one of Spain’s most remote possessions, and the resilience of the language they brought with them stands on display.
