CARLA Update Summer 2026--The Last Goodbye!
The last CARLA Update includes a farewell from the Center, an impressive "By the Numbers" graphic of CARLA activities from 1993–2026, a list of new locations for some of CARLA's web-based materials, and more. See also this farewell letter from the CARLA Director.
CARLA: A Brief History 1993–2026
The Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA) at the University of Minnesota was founded in 1993 with a visionary mission: to enhance the nation’s capacity for language teaching, learning, and assessment. Check out this brief history of the center's three decades of leadership in applied linguistics and teacher education.
Social Justice in Language Education
The Social Justice in Language Education initiative offers a wide range of resources for teachers including planning templates to help teachers incorporate social justice themes into language classes. Initiative leaders also conduct research on student and teacher learning in social justice-oriented language classrooms. This initiative will continue under the auspices of the Language Center.