Migrants 'should learn English' (BBC News)
Foreign workers or spouses should be forced to learn English before they come to the UK, an expert body says.
Some School Districts Decry Federal English Testing (Fox News)
Officials in high-immigrant school districts such as those in Virginia are protesting the U.S. Department of Education's requirement that children still trying to learn English take the same reading tests given to their native-speaking classmates.
Va. schools criticize No Child Left Behind rule for English learners (CNN.com)
RICHMOND, Virginia (AP) -- Officials in some high-immigrant school districts are threatening to defy a federal law that requires all children to take the same reading tests, even those struggling to learn English.
House passes 'official English' bill (Lawrence Journal-World)
The Kansas House on Tuesday gave preliminary approval to a bill making English the official language of Kansas, after the measure was amended to include a possible $500,000 to help fund English classes for adult immigrants. Melinda Lewis, an immigrant advocate, opposed the original `official language? bill, but said the inclusion of funds to help people learn English would make the legislation ...
Object of a proposition: English as a national language (Chicago Sun-Times)
In the mid-1950s, French educator Jacques Barzun said, "Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." He correctly recognized the sport as a cultural touchstone that united us.
High-immigrant schools decry NCLB rule for English learners (Silver City Sun-...
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) ? Officials in high-immigrant school districts are taking issue with the U.S. Department of Education's requirement that children still trying to learn English take the same reading tests given to their native-speaking classmates.
English tests for immigrant spouses (Daily Telegraph)
Spouses hoping to move to the UK could face English tests before being allowed to join their husbands and wives, under plans proposed today by a Government body.
House eases terms, adds cash to English language bill (The Wichita Eagle)
Attached to a promise of money for adult education classes, a bill designating English as the state's official language easily won first-round approval Tuesday in the House.
English-only bill advances (KSHB-TV Kansas City)
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) ? A bill declaring English the state's official language easily wins House approval. But the measure advanced today only after members agreed to appropriate $500,000 for adult English classes.
Migrants could face English tests (PA via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Spouses hoping to migrate to the UK could face English tests before being allowed to join their husbands or wives, under ideas being considered by a commission advising the Government on social integration.