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Charting Success
Richard Farias explains how his school starts with 40 percent English Language Learners and ends up with 95 percent college entrants
Last month, the Center for American Progress held a presentation of its new...
A Mark Twain Centennial
by Richard Lederer
This year marks a century since the death, on April 21, 1910, of the most American of American writers, Mark Twain. On the night before that passing, Halley’s Comet shone in the...
Excessive Testing Curbs Creative Teaching
Howard Karlitz argues that standardized testing should be used to help teachers improve their instruction
As American schools sink deeper into an instructional morass and their ranking vis-à-vis schools in other industrialized nations slips...
Excessive Testing Curbs Creative Teaching
Howard Karlitz, in our October 2010 issue, argued that standardized testing should be used to help teachers improve their instruction
As American schools sink deeper into an instructional morass and their ranking vis-à-vis schools in...
Keep Your Brain Young
Read, Be Bilingual, Drink Coffee
Stephen Krashen says there are three things you can do to stay young mentally and you can do all three at the same time
Read
Older people who read more do better...
Carnaval of Culture
As Brazil flourishes, it becomes an even more attractive Portuguese immersion destination
Following more than three centuries under Portuguese rule, Brazil gained its independence in 1822, maintaining a monarchical system of government until the abolition...
October 2010
Willing and Ready to Learn
So often when we talk about learning, we refer only to students in educational institutions even though we know that it is an ongoing process which hopefully continues for every...
Pura Vida Española
Kate Sommers-Dawes marvels at Costa Rica as a Spanish immersion destination
Visit Costa Rica’s official tourism site and read its official slogan; “No Artificial Ingredients,” — a mantra of which you will not need reminding from...
Guatemala
Daniel Ward is struck by the natural beauty
and Mayan culture of the country of Eternal Spring
Guatemala, located just south of Mexico in Central America, offers a unique blend of manmade and natural wonders....
September 2010
Loading the Dice
Teachers are facing unprecedented demands as they start this new academic year. Falling state tax revenues have led to education budget cuts that state legislators feel can only be eased by federal...
