Toddlers with good vocab behave better in school: study

The New York Post - Staff Writer "Two-year-olds who can [...]

September 3rd, 2015|Categories: Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Behavior, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Language, Learning, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, Teacher, Toddlers, United States (U.S.), Vocabulary|Tags: Education, schools|

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Foreign Language Policies: Is Everyone Else Really Speaking English?

Education Week - Heather Singmaster "Only 25% of Americans speak [...]

September 3rd, 2015|Categories: Bilingual, Business, Cognitive Development, Economy, English, Foreign Language, Language, Mandarin, Second Language, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, School|

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Second language key to a complete education

Fosters - John Shea "For high school students considering “selective” [...]

September 1st, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Bilingual, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Learning, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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#foreignlanguagematters: Schools stuck on stupid

The Washington Times - Deborah Simmons "Yet there’s another reality [...]

August 30th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Bilingual, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Learning, School, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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The benefits of teaching children foreign languages

The Technician Online - Daniel Root "One who speaks three [...]

August 30th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Bilingual, Brain development, Brain development and Language, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Early Education, Education, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Learning, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Two of these will boost your brain power

The New Daily - Emma Manser "Linguistics student Anthony Vaughan, [...]

August 26th, 2015|Categories: Bilingual, Brain, Culture, Foreign Language, Language, Language Immersion, Multilingual, Second Language|Tags: Education, School|

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Study: High School Music Classes Improve Language Skills

The U.S. News and World Report - The Hechinger Report [...]

August 24th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Bilingual, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, High School, Language, language and academic achievement, Learning, Music, School, School District, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Book lover helps kids develop early relationship with reading

The Arizona Daily Star - Johanna Willett "Once upon a [...]

August 24th, 2015|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Arizona, Books, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Language, language and academic achievement, Learning, Libraries, Literacy, Reading, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Learning a foreign language may make you immune to 2 key decision-making biases

Business Insider - Staff Writer "One of psychology's major contributions [...]

August 23rd, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Bilingual, Business, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Learning, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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More than half of students struggle with reading, report says

E-School News - Laura Devaney "Nearly half of minority students [...]

August 22nd, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Books, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Language, Learning, Libraries, Literacy, literature, Reading, School, School District, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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