President Donald Trump recently signed an executive order naming English the official language of the United States. The order revokes a Clinton-era order that required federal agencies to provide ...
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Saturday making English the official language of the United States — the first time in the country’s history that it will have a federally ...
“Official” is a very English word. It has its roots in the Old French “oficial” and the Latin “officialis,” and now — thanks to a new Trump executive order — describes the status of the English ...
It was the spring of 1985, and Californians were waging civic war on behalf of English. Some Monterey Park residents were pushing their City Council to ban Chinese-language business signs. Voters who ...
Jenni Torres has taken the helm as the new executive director of WIDA, the consortium that oversees English-language proficiency tests used by 41 states for English learners. Before this role, she ...