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"Teachers who are tempted to race through the curriculum to cover everything may want to reconsider and slow down a bit so that students can learn the most important content better."

Intentionally Slowing Down to Ensure That Students Learn Material Deeply Teachers who are tempted to race through the curriculum to cover everything may want to reconsider and slow down a bit so that students can learn the most important content better.

🔊 ACTFL Town Hall: Let’s talk federal funding.

📅 Mon, July 14 | 🕢 7:30–8:30 PM ET
🎙️ ACTFL leaders break down Title program cuts & advocacy efforts.
📩 Registration link sent via email.

ACTFL joins IFLTA in expressing deep concern over Indiana's HEA 1001-2025 and its threat to 400+ academic programs—including world language and teacher education degrees. The long-term impact extends far beyond state lines.
Read more at:

ACTFL | ACTFL Statement on Indiana House Enrolled Act 1001-2025 The Association for World Language Professionals

Come for the food (it’s New Orleans, after all), stay for the future of language education! Join us in New Orleans for ACTFL 2025 (Nov 21–23)—where lifelong connections and cultural celebration come together.
🎉⚜️ Register now: https://bit.ly/38ENZZS

Calling all language experts! ACTFL is actively recruiting AAPPL Raters in several languages, including Portuguese. Apply by August 1 to join the 2025 AAPPL Certification Course at: https://bit.ly/44mr3gx

Did you know? The Spring 2025 edition of The Language Educator dives into:
📚 Translanguaging as a paradigm shift
🧠 Learner feedback strategies
☕ Mentorship beyond caffeine & grit
🎤 Q&As with Liz Matchett & Kei Tsukamaki and more
Read now → https://bit.ly/2QNKo3w

Come for the friends, stay for the future of language education!
Join us in New Orleans for ACTFL 2025 (Nov 21–23)—where lifelong connections and cultural celebration come together.
🎉⚜️ Register now: https://www.actfl.org/convention-and-expo

🚨 Language programs are facing real cuts—and JNCL-NCLIS wants to hear from YOU.

If your program has been impacted by federal funding or policy changes, share your story to support national advocacy.

📝 Submit via the link below!

Urgent Action Needed: Language Program Cuts and Impacts – Community Feedback Form We are collecting information about the real impacts of recent and proposed federal education policy and budget changes on language programs across the United States. Please be specific about what the reasoning or rationale was for the cut or change (i.e. DEI policy, IES grant cut, Title funding con...

🚨 URGENT: Language education funding is in jeopardy.

The Dept. of Ed is delaying FY25 funds, and the FY26 budget proposes massive cuts to Title II-A, Title III, Title IV-A & more.

📣 Take action now—contact your members of Congress via the link below!

Language Education Funding in Jeopardy - Take Action Now Language education funding for Fiscal Years 2025 and 2026 is in jeopardy. The Department of Education just announced that it is delaying allocating to states the already enacted FY 25 funding for key language education programs, including the $2...

"An educator explains how students can more easily access common supports like visuals, sentence frames, and pair-share."

Helping Young Multilingual Learners Develop Their Metacognitive Skills An educator explains how students can more easily access common supports like visuals, sentence frames, and pair-share.

Come for the fun, stay for the future of language education! Join us in New Orleans for ACTFL 2025 (Nov 21-23)—where culture, connection, and community collide. 😄⚜️ Register now at: https://www.actfl.org/convention-and-expo