Miles ahead: school that fired starting gun on running revolution

The Guardian - Nicola Slawson "As soon as the children [...]

October 2nd, 2015|Categories: Behavior, Child Development, Childhood Obesity, Children, Concentration, Exercise, Fitness, Primary School, Running, Scotland|Tags: Education, School|

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Why we should all be learning languages

The Scotsman - Emma O'Neill "...is there any actual benefit [...]

September 30th, 2015|Categories: Cultural Tolerance, Foreign Language, Global, Global Economy, Global Workforce, Globalized World, High School, Jobs, Scotland, Second Language, Skills|Tags: Education, School|

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Scots primary children will soon learn Mandarin

The Scotsman - LUCINDA CAMERON "The classrooms support Scotland’s 1+2 [...]

July 28th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Bilingual, Brain development, Brain development and Language, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, China, Chinese, Foreign Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, School, School District, Scotland|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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Political debate in class ‘crucial’ to getting young people involved

BBC - Staff Writer "Schools should discuss political issues in [...]

June 10th, 2015|Categories: Civics, Classroom, Education, Politics, School, Scotland, Teens|Tags: Education, School|

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Call for Mandarin and Arabic to be taught from primary school

Holyrood - Alan Robertson "Studying a foreign language should be [...]

April 10th, 2015|Categories: Business, Curriculum, Education, Foreign Language, Global Economy, Mandarin, Primary School, Scotland, Spanish|Tags: Education, School|

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Why languages matter in schools

The Herald Scotland - Staff Writer "As the world has [...]

January 26th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign, Foreign Language, Language, Language Immersion, Learning, News, Scotland, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Learning a language “improves” mental agility

The Herald Scotland - Andrew Denholm "LEARNING a foreign language [...]

January 17th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Brain, Brain development and Language, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Learning, News, Scotland, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Learn early, make more money?

The Sun Herald - Brett Graff "University of Edinburgh findings...prove [...]

October 23rd, 2013|Categories: Income, Math, Reading, Research, Scotland|Tags: Education, School|

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Dr Tanya Wisely: We’re citizens of the world

The Scotsman - Dr. Tanya Wisely "Whether we are aware [...]

October 18th, 2013|Categories: Childhood Education, Education, Global Economy, Scotland, World Knowledge|Tags: Education, School|

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