Native Languages Go International (fwd link)

[Phillip E Cash Cash]

Native Languages Go International

By Carol Berry April 17, 2012
USA

With one stroke of an official pen, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper signed
a bill giving life to teaching Native American languages that now, as world
languages, can count for high school credit.

People fluent in the languages of federally recognized tribes can teach
those languages without full-fledged credentialing under the bills’
provisions. Currently credentialed teachers of Native languages would
continue to be adjunct instructors, as at present.

After a months-long drafting and legislative approval process, sponsors
applauded signing of the act that provides for Native language instructors
to work in partnership with licensed teachers who currently teach world
languages for their employing school districts

Read more:
http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/04/17/native-languages-go-international-108762
http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/04/17/native-languages-go-international-108762#ixzz1sKddFy9o
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