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The U.S. government is proposing that all Head Start programs conduct instruction exclusively in English, and some of the strongest outcry is coming from Puerto Rico. Educators and government officials in the U.S. territory say it would be incredibly expensive to make the switch and nearly impossible to find bilingual teachers on an island where Spanish-speaking ones are already scarce.

Now, the Florida Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles says that all Florida driver’s license written and oral exams will be administered only in English — without the option of an interpreter or translator — starting Feb. 6. The change applies to all driver license classifications.

Fewer than half of Florida's 10th graders passed the English Language Arts Exam given in the spring of 2022, a decline from 2021.

The demand for "proper" English can be used to shut people out of spaces and opportunities. The folks at NPR's "Rough Translation" podcast have a story to tell.

Here’s an only-in-Miami story. This week a woman who speaks no Spanish tried to order food at a Taco Bell drive-through in Hialeah. Things didn’t end…

Sometimes an accent can render a language sexy. Even elegant.Imagine the swooning sighs in U.S. cineplexes when native Spanish speaker Antonio Banderas…

Like so many recently arrived immigrants in South Florida, Nykoll Hernandez is proud of the college education she’s getting here – and just as proud to…