Trump's executive orders aimed at education aren't about language as much as they are about shutting down other perspectives.

despite accusations of assimilation and of betrayal of a Puerto Rican national identity by their Spanish-only critics. English and Spanish are part of my identity Sign up for the Tennessee Voices ...

One of the organizations behind the push is Pro-English, a strong supporter of Trump and an advocacy group with a broader agenda that Americans should find disturbing. The group isn’t only in ...

In spirit, it does much more — and much worse. The “English only” idea goes way back. Benjamin Franklin worried about there being too much German spoken in our country. Theodore Roosevelt ...

Immigrants don’t need an executive order to want to learn English. The incentives to learn the language are already overwhelming. Three years ago, I needed emergency surgery in Texas to remove ...

Korean employees are also asked to use English when they communicate verbally or share documents with their non-Korean colleagues abroad. The group's Chinese operations are the only exceptions to ...

Posted near my desk at The Times is a gag sign that reads Se Habla Ingles (English Spoken Here). Aug. 28, 1986 I started at Thomas Jefferson Elementary in Anaheim knowing only Spanish, the tongue ...

“Not only did many early immigrants not feel compelled out of practicality to learn English quickly … they appeared to live and thrive for decades while speaking exclusively German.

While some state leaders could theoretically invest in English-only instruction to align with the new executive order, Leos sees it as an opportunity to invest in multilingual education—both to ...

While the order does not enforce any immediate structural changes to federal programs, it represents a symbolic yet potent victory for the English-only movement. For years, this movement has been ...

The 1864 message of that state's Republican governor was published not only in English, but also in German, Norwegian, Dutch, French, Bohemian and even the Gaelic languages of Welsh and Irish.