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Past CARLA News
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CARLA participates in ACTFL convention
Leaders of CARLA's Social Justice in Language Education initiative and Equity and Access to State Seals of Biliteracy initiative presented.
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Addressing gaps in Minnesota’s seals of biliteracy program
A four-year project led by the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition aims to help school districts offer more equitable access to seals of biliteracy.
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UMN Receives Language Resource Center Funding from U.S. Department of Education
The University of Minnesota’s Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA) has received its eighth round of funding from the U.S. Department of Education’s Title VI Language Resource Centers (LRC) program, totaling more than $750,000 over the next four years.
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CARLA Summer Institutes Lead to Deeper Learning in Language Classes
Developing literacy in a language is more than just learning to write, speak, and understand. Using language texts to develop cultural knowledge is also key.