Editorial: Computer coding as a foreign language is a bad idea

My Palm Beach Post - Staff Writer "Foreign languages might [...]

December 21st, 2015|Categories: Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Bilingual, Child Development, Children, Coding, Current Events, Education, Florida, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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How Learning Mandarin Is Changing The Hearts, Minds, And Brains Of Kids

Bright - Peter Willhoite "More than half of the world’s [...]

December 20th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Brain development, Brain development and Language, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Chinese, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Learning, Mandarin, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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English is weird

The Week - John McWhorter "English speakers know that their [...]

December 20th, 2015|Categories: Children, Current Events, Education, English, Language, language and academic achievement, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Those language skills can break glass ceilings

Gulf News - Staff Writer "When Isabelle Allen joined KPMG [...]

December 19th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Bilingual, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, News, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Should My Child Go to an Immersion School?

Parenting - Brenna Tonelli "As a parent, you look to [...]

December 18th, 2015|Categories: Bilingual, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Dual-language, Global, Globalized World, Language, Language Immersion|Tags: Education, School|

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American Bilingualism

New America Media - Claudia Quach "What does it mean [...]

December 18th, 2015|Categories: Bilingual, English, Global Economy, Language, Second Language, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, School|

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Why Chinese Is Easier To Learn Than Spanish Or French

Forbes - Li Jin "The economies in the U.S. and [...]

December 15th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Bicultural, Brain development and Language, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, China, Chinese, Current Events, Economy, Education, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Learning, Mandarin, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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New study claims watching dance as a child can help you learn languages

The Evening Times - Helen Smith "LEARNING languages when you’re [...]

December 15th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Bilingual, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Early Education, Education, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Learning many languages does your brain good

The Inquirer - Grace Shangkuan Koo "I REMEMBER my first [...]

December 13th, 2015|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Bicultural, Bilingual, Brain development and Language, Childhood Education, Children, Chinese, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Learning, Mandarin, News, Philippines, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Eighty per cent of teachers say investing in nurseries is key to improving children’s language skills

DayNurseries.co.uk - Sue Learner "Eight out of ten teachers believe [...]

December 11th, 2015|Categories: Children, Early Education, Education, England, Language, Preschool, Skills|Tags: Education, School|

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