All talk … five ways to use language skills to boost your career

The Guardian - Nicola Slawson "Resigned to a short sentence [...]

November 9th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Bilingual, biliteracy, Britain, Career, Career & Technical Training, Current Events, Education, England, Foreign Language, Great Britain (UK), Language, Language Immersion, Learning, News, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Five ways to be a global student without doing a year abroad

The Guardian - Hannah Qurashi "As a language student, I [...]

November 9th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Bicultural, Bilingual, biliteracy, Britain, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, England, Foreign Language, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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California producing more bilingual high school graduates

Ventura County Star - Staff Writer "More students are graduating [...]

October 15th, 2015|Categories: Bilingual, biliteracy, California, Global Economy, Graduates, High School, Multiculturalism, Multilingual, Skills|Tags: Education, School|

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Biliteracy Becoming an Increasingly Desired Skill by Employers, Study Finds

Education World - Nicole Gorman "A new study from the [...]

October 13th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Performance, Accountability, Bilingual, biliteracy, Career, Career & Technical Training, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Jobs, Language, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Dual-Language Programs Are on the Rise, Even for Native English Speakers

The New York Times - Elizabeth A. Harris "Dos Puentes, [...]

October 8th, 2015|Categories: Bilingual, biliteracy, Dual-language, Education, Global Economy, Language Immersion, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, School|

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More States and Districts Embrace Biliteracy

Education Week - Corey Mitchell "A growing number of states [...]

October 7th, 2015|Categories: Bilingual, biliteracy, California, Diploma, Dual-language, Global, Global Economy, Global Workforce, Globalized World, States|Tags: Education, School|

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Miami-Dade Schools to Offer Seal of Biliteracy

Education Week - Corey Mitchell "Students in the Miami-Dade schools [...]

September 11th, 2015|Categories: Bilingual, biliteracy, Florida, Jobs, Language, Miami, Students, World languages|Tags: Education, School|

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Supporting kids learning in more than one language

The North Denver News - Ester J de Jong "There [...]

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

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Schools can — and should — teach more than discipline

The Seattle Times - Jerry Large "Dismantling the school-to-prison pipeline [...]

August 4th, 2015|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, After-School Program, Asia, Behavior, Bicultural, biliteracy, Boston, Bullying, Business, Cambodia, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Community College, Countries, Curiosity, Current Events, Delaware, Detroit, Discipline, Dual-language, Education, Kansas, language and academic achievement, Learning, Rwanda, San Francisco, SAT, Scandinavian, School, School Choice, School District, School Safety, Talkington, Tax Credit, Teacher, United Arab Emirates, United Nations, United States (U.S.), Wales, Walking, Washington|Tags: Education, schools|

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Africa: We Need to Remember Why We Teach and Learn Languages

All Africa - Ernst Frederick Kotzé, Nelson Mandela "There is [...]

July 28th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Africa, Bicultural, Bilingual, biliteracy, Brain development, Brain development and Language, Child Development, Childhood Education, College/University, Learning, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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