Strategy+Business

When a Japanese company adopted English as a first language

On March 1, 2010, Hiroshi Mikitani, the founder and CEO of Rakuten, a Japan-based e-retailer, announced that henceforth English would be the official language of the company’s 10,000 employees.
The Cincinnati Enquirer

One-third or more students at these schools don't speak English as their first language

The number of people in Ohio who don't speak English as their first language has risen significantly in the last decade. At local schools, educators are working to provide the best support for ...
The Boston Globe

Too many students whose first language isn’t English are struggling. Here’s a plan to help them.

Only about 7 percent of English language learners in the Boston Public Schools are enrolled in dual-language programs, a proven approach that provides some lessons in the student’s native language.
The Guardian

New Zealand coalition votes to make English an official language as critics decry ‘cynical’ bill

Push to give English same status as Māori and NZ sign languages triggers backlash from opposition parties and linguistic experts A bill to recognise English as an official language of New Zealand has ...