Here are some excerpts from the article US now has more Spanish speakers than Spain – only Mexico has more by Stephen Burger on The Guardian (http://www.theguardian.com) 

«The report says there are 41 million native Spanish speakers in the US plus a further 11.6 million who are bilingual, mainly the children of Spanish-speaking immigrants. This puts the US ahead of Colombia (48 million) and Spain (46 million) and second only to Mexico (121 million).»

«The Index of Human Development ranks Spanish as the second most important language on earth, behind English but ahead of Mandarin. It is also the third most widely used language on the internet, although less than 8% of internet traffic is in Spanish. The report says that Spanish is the second most used language on Twitter in London and New York. It also comes second on Facebook, a long way behind English though well ahead of Portuguese, Facebook’s third language»

Goals and challenges for U.S. Education

Richard A. Carranza, superintendent of the San Francisco Unified School District, speaks to "Education Week leaders to learn from" about the challenges for U.S. students, focusing in foreign-language learning as an asset.

Read the article by Madeline Will here.

Excerpt from the article:

«Another goal is to graduate students who are globally aware, culturally competent, and multilingual. The district has already made important progress toward that goal, with 850 graduates (out of 3,400) last year earning a “seal of biliteracy” on their diplomas for demonstrating their mastering of two languages, Ms. Wong said.»