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Language and Limits in a Broadway Play

Review: In ‘English,’ Looking for a Language to Live In

For the students in Sanaz Toossi’s dramedy about mother tongues and other tongues, the world’s lingua franca is not exactly free.

The Wall Street Journal on MSN · 4d

‘English’ Review: Language and Limits in a Broadway Play

Sanaz Toossi’s buoyant, Pulitzer-winning drama follows a group of Iranians learning English, highlighting the desires and circumscribed circumstances that have brought them to the class.

Variety on MSN · 4d

‘English’ Review: Pulitzer Winner Debuts on Broadway at the Top of the Class

Playwright Sanaz Toossi’s Pulitzer Prize winning play makes its Broadway debut in a moving, thought-provoking production.

I have many students who don’t even speak English

Education Week · 3d

How English-Learner Standards Can Help Teachers Help Students

Jenni Torres is the new executive director of WIDA, the organization that oversees English learner assessments in most states.

USA TODAY on MSN · 16h

Teacher tells ICE to visit high school where many students 'don't even speak English'

Fort Worth Independent School District confirmed they are investigating the substitute teacher who suggested ICE to visit one if its high schools.

Raw Story on MSN · 19h

Teacher investigated after asking ICE to raid school where kids 'don't even speak English'

A substitute teacher in Texas was reportedly under investigation after asking U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to raid a school where many of the students "don't even speak English." KERA reported Monday that Fort Worth ISD revealed the investigation in a Facebook post.

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How well do you know English? Test your knowledge with this exam from 1913

Many believe they're proficient with the English language, including its nuanced spelling and grammar, but how well can you ...

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Freedom in Speech: Sanaz Toossi’s English

Whether this ability to transform—both to mutate itself and to promise transformation and, thereby, opportunity to its ...

Cowboy State Daily18h

Casper Elementary School Is Only Public School In State To Offer Mandarin In Dual Language Immersion

Paradise Elementary School in Casper is the only public school in Wyoming that offers Mandarin Chinese in a dual-language ...

Messenger News6h

FDCSD OKs plan to support English language learners

The Fort Dodge Community School District examined the integral English as a Second Language programs during Monday’s school board meeting. Aaron Davidson, executive director of educational services, ...

America Second? Why English-Language Music from Countries Like the U.S. Is Losing Global Market Share

English-language music is losing global market share to music from countries like Mexico, Brazil and India. Here's why it's happening.

Greek Reporter8d

“OK,” Is This Borrowed From the Greek Language, Too?

OK is one of the most frequently used words in the English language, but does it have a Greek origin? There are numerous ...

The New York Times12d

English Language Arts

Choose three to five works of art or culture to group in some way, then tell us why we should — or shouldn’t — check them out. Contest dates: Jan. 15-Feb. 12, 2025. By The Learning Network ...

The New Yorker4d

Sanaz Toossi’s “English” Comes to Broadway

The Pulitzer Prize-winning play, set in an E.S.L. classroom in Iran, examines the internal displacements of learning a ...

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Florida could offer standardized tests in languages other than English

Two Central Florida Democrats have filed legislation that would allow some K-12 students to take standardized tests in a ...

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