More than 300 different languages spoken in British schools, report says

The Telegraph - Javier Espinoza "More than 300 different languages [...]

July 24th, 2015|Categories: Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Bicultural, Bilingual, biliteracy, Britain, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, England, Foreign Language, Great Britain (UK), Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Learning, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Learning a foreign language a ‘must’ in Europe, not so in America

The Pew Research Center - Kat Devlin "A popular stereotype [...]

July 14th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Bicultural, Bilingual, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Europe, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Learning, Teacher, United States, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Survey: Most Floridians support Spanish instruction in schools

The Miami Herald - Staff Writer "More than two-thirds of [...]

July 11th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Bicultural, Bilingual, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Florida, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Learning, News, Spanish, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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The Reinvention of Bilingual Education in America’s Schools

Slate - Sarah Carr "One afternoon last fall, I watched [...]

June 14th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Bicultural, Bilingual, Brain development and Language, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Learning, News, School, School District, Spanish, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Words + Pictures

The Language Magazine - Lina Sun "The recent introduction of [...]

June 4th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Bicultural, 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, Literacy, News, Reading, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Understanding culture called key for foreign businesses in China

China Daily USA - XIAO LIXIN "Foreign companies that want [...]

May 7th, 2015|Categories: Bicultural, Business, China, Chinese, Culture, Foreign, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, School|

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Feature: If you can learn Chinese, “Impossible is nothing” is far beyond a slogan

Xinhua Net News - Staff Writer "Most people, including the [...]

April 27th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Bicultural, Bilingual, Child Development, Childhood Education, China, Chinese, Current Events, Foreign, Foreign Language, Georgia, Language, Language Immersion, Learning, Mandarin, Teacher|Tags: Education, schools|

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Commentary: Studying foreign language in high school helps in a globalized world

The State Journal-Register - Megan Crain "The concept of foreign [...]

April 21st, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Bicultural, Bilingual, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, High School, Language Immersion, Learning, Teacher|Tags: Education, schools|

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The Importance (and Hardship) of Becoming Bilingual

Asian Fortune News - Aozora Brockman "A few summers ago [...]

April 7th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Bicultural, Bilingual, biliteracy, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Cultural Intelligence, Culture, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Japanese, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Learning, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Multilingual families: ‘Even our dog uses three languages’

The Guardian - Lucy Ward "No matter what your family’s [...]

March 15th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Performance, Accountability, Bicultural, Bilingual, Britain, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, England, Family, Foreign Language, Great Britain (UK), Language, Language Immersion, Learning, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, Teacher|Tags: Education, schools|

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