One million U.S. students could be studying Mandarin by 2020

PBS News Hour - Corey Mitchell "A multinational effort to [...]

August 23rd, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Brain development and Language, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, China, Chinese, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Languages, Learning, Mandarin, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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How noise hinders kids’ language skills

The Week - Anna Vlasits "More than 40 years ago, [...]

August 18th, 2016|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Brain development and Language, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Language, Language Arts, Languages, Learning, News, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Being Bilingual Keeps Your Brain Fit

The New Republic - Gaia Vince "In a café in [...]

August 10th, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Bilingual, Brain development and Language, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Language, Language Immersion, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Why being bilingual works wonders for your brain

The Guardian - Gaia Vince "In a cafe in south [...]

August 7th, 2016|Categories: Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Bilingual, Brain development, Brain development and Language, Britain, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, England, Foreign Language, Great Britain (UK), Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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The New Bilingualism

The Atlantic - Natalie Gross "Graduates in white and purple [...]

August 5th, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Bilingual, biliteracy, Brain development and Language, 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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Advantages of a bilingual brain

Michigan State University - Tracy Trautner "Why would we want [...]

July 29th, 2016|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, Education, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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For children with autism, multiple languages may be a boon

The Spectrum News - Ann Griswold "The science — what [...]

July 25th, 2016|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Autism, Bilingual, Brain development and Language, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Language, Language Immersion, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Boys should be treated ‘more like girls’ to stop them falling behind at school

The Telegraph - Javier Espinoza Boys should be treated more [...]

July 18th, 2016|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, Girls, Learning, News, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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7 Reasons You Should Thank The Second Language You Learnt

Nigeria Today - Staff Writer "Whether you had a bilingual [...]

July 14th, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Bilingual, Brain development and Language, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Language Arts, Language Immersion, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Our brain benefits from an overlap in grammar when learning a foreign language

Medical-Xpress - Staff Writer "Researchers from Nijmegen have for the [...]

July 1st, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Brain development, Brain development and Language, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Grammar, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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