Around The Web On TEFL: July 16

The web is responding to the Simplified Spelling Society’s demand to alter English spelling…starting here.
Thank goodness! Ginormous and some other words which Firefox spell check still doesn’t recognize have been added to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
One Texas school puts native English speakers and native Spanish speakers together in class in an effort to teach all students both languages.
There is a call for reform for English language learner requirements in No Child Left Behind.
Some strong views on the roles of English and French in education in Cameroon; perhaps along the same lines, at least somewhat, as this article on the decline of German as a language of research and academia.