California must continue to lead in closing the bilingual skills gap

Ed Source - David Bong "High school seniors in nearly [...]

July 20th, 2018|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Bilingual, biliteracy, California, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Arts, Language Immersion, Learning, News, School, Skills Gap, Students, Teacher, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Why We Should Encourage Modern Foreign Language Learning

FE News - Sabine Schnorr "It’s often said that children [...]

July 19th, 2018|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Performance, Accountability, Bilingual, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Arts, Language Immersion, Languages, Learning, News, School, School Accountability, Students, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Why There’s A Language Learning Gap In The United States

WBUR - Staff Writer "According to the U.S. Census Bureau, [...]

July 17th, 2018|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Bilingual, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Languages, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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The Benefits of Narrow Reading Units

Language Magazine - Kate Kinsella "I provide consultancy and professional [...]

July 17th, 2018|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Bilingual, biliteracy, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, English, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Languages, Learning, News, Reading, School, Students, Teacher, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Seven Steps to a Language-Rich, Interactive Classroom

Language Magazine - Anna Matis "When I received the keys [...]

July 13th, 2018|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Bilingual, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Classroom, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Languages, Learning, News, School, School Accountability, Students, Teacher, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Language skills, not just reading and math, are essential for American education

The Washington Examiner - Eric Dunne "Education policy often focuses [...]

July 8th, 2018|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Performance, Accountability, Bilingual, biliteracy, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Languages, Learning, News, School, Students, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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The Empowering Effects of Learning a New Language

International Living - Jim Santos "An interesting thing happened to [...]

July 8th, 2018|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Bilingual, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Languages, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Zhuyin sounds key to children learning Mandarin as a second language

The South China Morning Post - Anita Shum "Parents often [...]

July 7th, 2018|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Bilingual, biliteracy, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, China, Chinese, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Languages, Learning, Mandarin, News, Reading, School, Students, Teacher, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Reading for Number One

Language Magazine - Bruce B. Brown "According to many studies, [...]

July 6th, 2018|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Bilingual, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, English, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Arts, Language Immersion, Languages, Learning, Literacy, literature, News, Reading, School, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Why some parents choose bilingual education for their children

The Post and Courier - Paul Bowers "When the time [...]

July 3rd, 2018|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Bilingual, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Languages, Learning, News, Parenting, Parents, School, South Carolina, Students, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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