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Hawaiian Language Sets a Good Example
Revitalization efforts for the Hawaiian language are now being used as a model for success for other indigenous language programs. Advocates of endangered languages visited the University of Hawaii at Manoa this month for...
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1 “Professional Licensing and Certification in the U.S.”, World Education Services webpage, http://www.wes.org/ info/licensing.asp.
2 Michael Sapiro,“What is the Difference Between A Teaching License and Teaching Certification?” Concordia Online Blog, Concordia University (September 3, 2015),...
Bilingual Education on the Brink of Return in Boston
The Massachusetts Senate has unanimously approved the LOOK (Language Opportunity for Our Kids) bill that would allow school systems to bring back...
Choosing Schools, and Battles
Daniel Ward refuses to be distracted by efforts to divide supporters of public education
The dogdays of summer have been rudely disturbed by the reaction to teachers’ leader Randi Weingarten’s linking of the federal government’s...
NEH & First Nations Combine to Revitalize Native American Languages
Despite being threatened with elimination under the proposed federal budget, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has announced a three-year partnership with First Nations Development Institute (First Nations) to foster the revitalization of...
PandaTree’s Dynamic New Learning Platform
PandaTree’s new live video tutoring platform gets kids engaged and motivated to learn languages by allowing them to put Mandarin or Spanish language skills to work in authentic virtual settings.
Tutors and students see each...
Faculty-Led Trips to Central & South America
AEA’s faculty-led Service Learning and Spanish Immersion Program gives students the opportunity to engage with a rural Costa Rican community while practicing language skills.
Through faculty-led homestays, organic farm visits, guided rainforest walks, culinary and...
February 2017
Inside February 2017 :
Community Service Jason Stricker explains how the Supporting Teacher Effectiveness Project helps create professional learning communities that work
No Method in the Madness Ann Abbott Carol Gaab questions the value of traditional teaching methods in the...
May 2016
No Student Is an Island
Globalization is here to stay, like it or not, so all of our educational systems should strive to produce graduates who are capable of operating in the international arena. This...
Music Educator Spreads Spanish Through Song
Sara Quintanar, an elementary school music educator, bilingual songwriter, and performance artist, has taken the international community by storm with her songs in Spanish for English-speakers to learn the language.
Her work in bilingual music...
