The case for foreign languages as an aspiring lawyer

The Guardian - Yasmin Ahmed "The relative lack of foreign [...]

July 7th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Bilingual, Britain, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, England, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Law, Learning, News, Teacher, Uncategorized, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Foreign languages can help pupils in Wales ‘get ahead’

BBC - Staff Writer "Children should start learning foreign languages [...]

July 4th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Brain development and Language, Britain, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, England, Foreign Language, Great Britain (UK), Language, language and academic achievement, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Bilingual conference part of ‘growing’ movement

The Desert Sun - Kristen Hwang "Educators from around the [...]

July 2nd, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Bilingual, California, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Dual-language, Education, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Dual-language elementary students performed as well as AP high schoolers in Mandarin, study says

KPCC - Deepa Fernandes "A new Stanford University study reports [...]

July 1st, 2015|Categories: Advanced Placement, Dual-language, Elementary School, High School, Language, Language Immersion, Mandarin, Second Language|Tags: Education, School|

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Chinese Language In Nigeria Is Increasingly Popular As China-Africa Economic Relations Deepen

The International Business Times - By Michelle FlorCruz "The study [...]

June 30th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Africa, Childhood Education, Children, Chinese, Current Events, Economy, Education, Language, Learning, Mandarin, News, Nigeria, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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This Video Explains the Brain Benefits of Learning Multiple Languages

Life Hacker - Patrick Allan "Learning a second language is [...]

June 29th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Bilingual, biliteracy, Brain development, Brain development and Language, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Early literacy ‘key’ to closing education gap

BBC - Staff Writer "Improving the language skills of young [...]

June 29th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Books, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, England, Great Britain (UK), Language, Learning, Literacy, News, Reading, School, Scotland, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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To children, are smart devices new means of education or just ‘digital sugar sweet’?

Tech in Asia - Hoa Ho-Kim "I remember growing up [...]

June 29th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Asia, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Language, Learning, Literacy, News, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, Reading, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Poorest boys lag behind on language skills

BBC - Staff Writer "Four out of 10 of England's [...]

June 28th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Boys, Brain development and Language, Britain, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, England, Great Britain (UK), Language, Learning, Low Income, Low Performing, News, Poverty, Reading, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Don’t Swap Coding Classes for Foreign Language

Linked In - Igor Perisic "Recently I read about an [...]

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

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