Daniel Fried: More Canadians should learn a Chinese language

The Ottawa Citizen - Daniel Fried "Is Chinese only for [...]

February 1st, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Canada, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Chinese, Current Events, Education, Foreign, Foreign Language, Language, Language Immersion, Learning, Mandarin, News, Teacher|Tags: Education, schools|

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What makes Bill Gates feel stupid: Microsoft billionaire reveals regret at never having learnt a foreign language

The Daily Mail - Myriah Towner "The world's richest man [...]

January 31st, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Bilingual, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign, Foreign Language, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Students Should Retain Their Bilingual Heritage for Its Economic Value

The Huffington Post - Rebecca Callahan "Every spring in America, [...]

January 31st, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Bicultural, Bilingual, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Dual-language, Education, Foreign, Foreign Language, Language, Language Immersion, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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How do you define “world citizen”?

Chicago Now - Aimee Thompson "...it seems like the world [...]

January 28th, 2015|Categories: Cultural Tolerance, Diversity, Foreign Language, Global, Global Citizenship, Global Competence, Language, Second Language|Tags: Education, School|

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Speaking to the world

Olive Press - Jacqueline Fanchini "Research shows that anyone exposed [...]

January 28th, 2015|Categories: Bilingual, Brain, Brain development and Language, Child Development, Childhood Education, Early Education, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Multilingual, Problem-solving|Tags: Education, School|

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Making the Grade: Dual-immersion students learning en español

The Atlanta Journal Constitution - H.M. Cauley "Two years ago, [...]

January 27th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Atlanta, Bilingual, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Dual-language, Education, Foreign, Foreign Language, Georgia, Language, Language Immersion, Learning, News, Spanish, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Want To Change How Kids See The World? Teach Them A Second Language

Good Magazine - Rafi Schwartz "As a child in a [...]

January 27th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Bilingual, Brain, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Dual-language, Education, Foreign, Foreign Language, Language, Language Immersion, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Language learning in the UK: ‘can’t, won’t, don’t’

The Telegraph - John Worne " Can’t, won’t, don’t, three [...]

January 27th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Bilingual, Britain, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, England, Foreign, Foreign Language, Great Britain (UK), Language, Language Immersion, Learning, News, Teacher|Tags: Education, schools|

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Preparing students for a global society

Chron - Terry Grier "This week, the Houston Independent School [...]

January 26th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign, Foreign Language, Global, Global Citizenship, Global Competence, Global Economy, Global Workforce, Language, Language Immersion, Learning, News, Teacher, Texas, United States (U.S.)|

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Why languages matter in schools

The Herald Scotland - Staff Writer "As the world has [...]

January 26th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign, Foreign Language, Language, Language Immersion, Learning, News, Scotland, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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