After great debate, the Founding Fathers voted down John Adams’ 1780 proposal to declare English the national language. The ...

‘O fficial” is a very English word. It has its roots in the Old French “oficial” and the Latin “officialis,” and now — thanks to a new Trump executive order — describes the status of the English ...

The Trump administration has laid off nearly every Education Department staffer who ensured states and schools properly spent ...

President Trump's executive order designating English as the official language of the U.S. will have sweeping ramifications ...

Our growing embrace of English wasn’t the only thing S.I. Hayakawa and his crew were wrong about. All the kumbaya they insisted would happen if English was elevated in California unsurprisingly turned ...

Experts spoke with Education Week about the potential challenges and opportunities an official U.S. language creates.

It has its roots in the Old French “oficial” and the Latin “officialis,” and now — thanks to a new Trump executive order — describes the status of the English language. President Trump ...

“From the founding of our Republic, English has been used as our national language,” the order, which was issued March 1, said. “It is therefore long past time that English is declared as ...

“From the founding of our Republic, English has been used as our national language,” the order, which was issued March 1, said. “It is therefore long past time that English is declared as ...

His executive order said that designating English as the official language would streamline communication, “reinforce shared national values, and create a more cohesive and efficient society.” ...