Articles: World Language

Diving into Dual-Language

Curriculum Update

Lauren Williams

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early education

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What Do Students Really Need to “Know?"

Breakthrough technologies challenge the fundamental premises of schools.

Will Richardson

District Administration, Jan 2013

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Escaping Monolingualism

From the Editor

Audio translation websites and tools enhance language learning.

Odvard Egil Dyrli

District Administration, Jan 2013

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global learning

global competition

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Mandarin Chinese Descends on the Deep South

Alison DeNisco

District Administration, November 2012

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Widening Participation to an International Baccalaureate Education

A new IB Career-related Certificate program will pair academic rigor and international focus with technical training.

Ed Finkel

District Administration, April 2012

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Loss of FLAP Funding Halts Foreign Language Assessments

The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) learned in late December that Congress had cut FLAP grant's final year of funding.

Marion Herbert

District Administration, February 2012

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Reimagining the College Town

Professional Opinion

The Red Hook (N.Y.) Central School District has been quietly leveraging the possibilities of the college town.

Paul Finch

District Administration, Nov/Dec 2011

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science curriculum

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First American and Chinese Public School Opens

Northeast Yucai Oxford International High School, a first-of-its-kind public school, opened its doors in Shenyang, China, this fall.

Marion Herbert

District Administration, October 2011

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Global Learning Scales Up

Districts build on the success of private, internationally oriented schools and foreign language programs.

Ron Schachter

District Administration, Mar 2011

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global learning

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Mandarin Chinese Made Personal

District Profile

At Socorro's Eastlake High School, ninth graders have begun learning Mandarin Chinese using an online tool.

Mary Johnson Patt

District Administration, Feb 2011

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Proposed Bill Would Create a Nation of Bilingual Students

Many language advocates are hoping to see the Elementary and Secondary Education Act promptly picked up by the 112th Congress in January—with the Excellence and Innovation in Language Learning Act included.

Marion Herbert

District Administration, Jan 2011

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reauthorization

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Connecting Curriculum with Community

Service learning projects apply academic skills and knowledge to address real-life issues.

Susan Gonsalves

District Administration, Oct 2010

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FLAP Grant Provides Critical Language Support Programs

District Profile

$12.4 million in grant money was given to public primary and secondary schools to support "critical foreign languages" such as Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Japanese and Russian, to help students compete in a global marketplace.

Audra V. Pace

District Administration, Mar 2010

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21st-century learning

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Interactive Whiteboards Becoming Multilingual

Interactive whiteboards are providing support for multiple languages.

Kurt Eisele-Dyrli

District Administration, Feb 2010

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student achievement

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Speaking Their Language

A variety of new technologies are available to teach language more effectively.

Kevin Butler

District Administration, Feb 2009

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global learning

personalized learning

video conferencing

project-based-learning

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