Demand surges for Mandarin lessons

China Daily - May Zhou "As more than 1,000 Chinese [...]

April 9th, 2017|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Bilingual, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, China, Chinese, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Arts, Language Immersion, Languages, Learning, Mandarin, News, Teacher, Teaching, Texas, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Foreign Language? Sí o no?

The Signpost - Samantha Bunderson "Technology, globalization and less-restricted borders [...]

April 4th, 2017|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Bilingual, Brain development and Language, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, language and academic achievement, Language Arts, Language Immersion, Languages, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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A Surprising Explanation For Why Some Immigrants Excel In Science

NPR - Anya Kamenetz "Seventeen-year-old Indrani Das just won the [...]

March 30th, 2017|Categories: Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Brain development, Brain development and Language, Childhood Education, Children, Cognitive Development, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Arts, Language Immersion, Languages, Learning, News, School, Science, Science & Technology, STEM, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Read black history, culture all year long

The Star - Staff Writer "Black History Month has just [...]

March 5th, 2017|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, African American, Books, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Language, Language Arts, Learning, Libraries, Literacy, literature, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Language Study as a National Imperative

Inside Higher Ed - Colleen Flaherty "A major 2013 report [...]

February 28th, 2017|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Bilingual, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Global Competence, Global Economy, Global Workforce, Globalized World, language and academic achievement, Language Arts, Language Immersion, Languages, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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English Language Learners: How Your State Is Doing

NPR - Claudio Sanchez "About 1 out of every 10 [...]

February 23rd, 2017|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Bilingual, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, language and academic achievement, Language Arts, Languages, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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How Not to Teach Chinese

The Chronicle of Higher Education - Geoffrey Pullum "Victor Mair [...]

February 15th, 2017|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Chinese, Chinese students, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Language, Language Arts, Language Immersion, Languages, Learning, Mandarin, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Marin Voice: The case for bilingual education — why not Mandarin Chinese?

The Marin Independent Journal - Jie Zheng "Dual-language immersion is [...]

February 13th, 2017|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Bilingual, Brain development and Language, California, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Arts, Language Immersion, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Opinion: Important to learn more than 1 language

The Pacific Daily News - Gerhard Schwab "If we search [...]

January 22nd, 2017|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Bilingual, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Arts, Language Immersion, Languages, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Zhou Youguang, Architect Of A Bridge Between Languages, Dies At 111

NPR - Colin Dwyer "Zhou Youguang, the inventor of a [...]

January 15th, 2017|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, China, Chinese, Current Events, Education, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Arts, Language Immersion, Languages, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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