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Language Goes To School

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About this Podcast:

A podcast about multilingual education in New Mexico and beyond. We invite a wide variety of experts in the field of multilingual education to address theories, practices, policies, and issues related to multilingual education. The primary goal of the podcast is to provide a platform that brings the art and science of multilingual education from the classrooms, where it is practiced, to wider audiences. Your host is David Aram Wilson, a retired K-5 multilingual educator and currently a full-time lecturer at the University of New Mexico, where he educates future multilingual teachers. You can contact us by tapping the Send us Fan Mail in the episode view of your podcast app, or via Facebook and Instagram @languagegoestoschool. Our Gmail address is: languagegoestoschool@gmail.com. Our website is https://languagegoestoschool.buzzsprout.com . You can subscribe

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What is Language Goes To School about?

A podcast about multilingual education in New Mexico and beyond. We invite a wide variety of experts in the field of multilingual education to address theories, practices, policies, and issues related to multilingual education.

What has Language Goes To School covered recently?

Recent episodes include "Carlos Madrid and the Instituto Cervantes: La Mancha meets the Land of Enchantment" (1 October 2026, 36 minutes), "Westminster v. Mendez (1947): The Most Consequential Civil Rights Case You've Never Heard Of" (1 July 2026, 41 minutes), and "Olivia Flores: Kansas City Here I Come!" (1 June 2026, 48 minutes).

How often does Language Goes To School publish?

Language Goes To School publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 42 minutes across 39 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on Language Goes To School?

Booking probability for Language Goes To School is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Language Goes To School requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Language Goes To School's contact route on record: verified email.

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The strongest fits for Language Goes To School are Courses, Coaching & Lessons and Universities & Colleges. Language Goes To School has an education audience.

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Language Goes To School is an education podcast with 39 episodes published.

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  • Episode #36

    Carlos Madrid and the Instituto Cervantes: La Mancha meets the Land of Enchantment

    Oct 1, 202636 min

    Albuquerque, New Mexico, was a part of Nueva España, or New Spain, for nearly 300 years, before it became part of Mexico and later the United States. It’s no wonder, then, that its ties to Spain remain strong. El...

  • Language Goes To School

    Westminster v. Mendez (1947): The Most Consequential Civil Rights Case You've Never Heard Of

    Jul 1, 202641 min

    Racial segregation in public schools was not restricted to the South. Since 1896, the Plessy v. Ferguson separate-but-equal doctrine was practiced nationwide, including in California. Until the 1940s, there were laws on...

  • Episode #34

    Olivia Flores: Kansas City Here I Come!

    Jun 1, 202648 min

    In this episode, we speak with Olivia Flores, a dynamic young bilingual educator from Chicago, who now calls herself a proud transplant to Kansas City, Missouri. Bilingual education in the heart of the Midwest? Well...

  • Episode #33

    Rafe Martinez: "Signing Up" for English-ASL Dual-Language Education

    May 2, 202646 min

    Rafe Martinez didn’t become a leader in deaf education in New Mexico because he’s deaf. He’s not. He became a leader in deaf education because his son was born deaf, and Rafe and the rest of the family needed to...

  • Episode #32

    Shooting for the Moon in Baoulé

    Apr 1, 202623 min

    Those who don't speak the dominant language of their region as their first language know all too well that language status—and the consequences of it—are real. Without being entirely conscious of it, all societies have...

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  • Episode #31

    Molly Arévalo: Babel in the Desert

    Mar 1, 202642 min

    On this episode of Language Goes to School, we speak with Molly Arévalo, a lifelong educator and language learner, whose journey reflects the complexity of heritage language identity. Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico...

  • Episode #30

    Ricardo the Reticent: Clawing the Home Language Back From the Brink

    Feb 2, 202627 min

    This is the true story of a boy we will call Ricardo, who was an enthusiastic young 4th grader in a Spanish-English dual-language classroom circa 2011. Due to circumstances completely beyond his control, Ricardo had by...

  • Episode #29

    Alvarez v. Lemon Grove (1931): Making Lemonade out of the Lemons of Segregation

    Jan 1, 202646 min

    If you live in the United States and are familiar with only one decision handed down by a court of law, it’s probably the U.S. Supreme Court case known as Brown v. Board of Education . Specifically, that would be young...

  • Episode #28

    Ishtar Rosario Medina: Goddess of Love, War, Fertility . . . and Bilingualism

    Dec 1, 202541 min

    In this episode, we visit with Ishtar Rosario Medina, whose educational and personal journey has spanned Puerto Rico, New York City, Mississippi, New Mexico, and now Minnesota. She was born in Puerto Rico and raised in...

  • Episode #27

    Ina Montoya: So, You Want to Learn Apache . . .

    Nov 2, 202550 min

    In this episode of Language Goes to School , we speak with Ina Montoya, lifelong educator, proud Jicarilla Apache (father’s side) and Navajo (mother’s side), and tireless advocate for the revitalization of Indigenous...

  • Episode #26

    Nancy Oakes: Up, Up, and Away, in a Belle Montgolfière

    Oct 1, 202550 min

    It is entirely possible to draw a straight line from the advent of human flight, to the world’s largest hot-air balloon fiesta, and thence to Nancy Oakes, our guest for this episode. That’s because Nancy was a high...

  • Episode #6

    Bardo Trujillo: Shredding the Guitar in Spanish

    Aug 15, 202550 minS4

    Bardo Trujillo first experienced the rush of the rapport between the rock guitarist and the audience in fourth grade, when he played The Rain Song by Led Zeppelin in the school talent show. In birdwatching jargon, this...

  • Episode #5

    Nemiliztli Ortega Trinidad: Life is Bilingual

    Aug 1, 202543 minS4

    Nemiliztli means “life” in Náhuatl, the language of the Mexica people who inhabited Tenotitchlán, a beautiful city in the middle of beautiful Lake Texcoco. Mexico City stands there today. And “life” adequately describes...

  • Episode #4

    Meyer v. Nebraska (1923) Strikes Down "Thou Shall Not Teach German"

    Jul 16, 202530 minS4

    In this special episode of Language Goes to School , we investigate the blockbuster 1923 U.S. Supreme Court case Meyer v. Nebraska , in which parents won the right to “direct” the education of their children, even when...

  • Episode #3

    Adrián Sandoval: Water Is Life

    Jul 1, 202543 minS4

    “El agua es la vida,” states Adrián Sandoval, a native of northern New Mexico, where water is indeed life, but also much, much more. For hundreds if not thousands of years, Native peoples of the area have used complex...

  • Episode #2

    Dr. Shana Drake-Lavelle: No Interpreter Needed

    Jun 15, 202542 minS4

    The relationship between doctor and patient is often delicate. When the doctor and patient speak two different languages, the relationship can be even more delicate and ripe for misunderstanding. Unless, of course, the...

  • Episode #1

    Maame Adofoah Yamoah: Born Twi

    Jun 1, 202553 minS4

    Maame Adofoah Yamoah informs us that, out of 54 countries on the African continent, only one, Equatorial Guinea, has established Spanish as the country’s official language. Maame is from Ghana, far to the west of...

  • Episode #6

    Ander Rojano: Keeping the Historical Languages of Spain Alive

    Apr 15, 202555 minS3

    Who decides which among many historical languages of a country gets to be the eponymous of the country? In the case of Spain, which is home to at least four widely spoken languages, as well as several others not as...

  • Episode #5

    Is English Really the Official Language of the United States? It Depends.

    Apr 1, 202540 minS3

    On March 1, 2025, the President of the United States signed one in a seeming endless stream of executive orders, or EOs, as they are often known. This EO ostensibly established English as the official language of the...

  • Episode #4

    Dr. Stephanie Zarrasola says, "Smile! Tu dentista es bilingüe!"

    Mar 15, 202543 minS3

    Teachers often wonder aloud, or with other teachers, whatever became of this student or that. Most of the time we never know. So, on those rare occasions when we are able to fill the gap in the life of a student...

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