Tag: education
Semifinalists and Testing Cities Announced in $7M Adult Literacy XPRIZE
XPRIZE, the global leader in designing and operating world-changing incentive competitions, has announced...
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...
Boom Predicted for Cloud-based Language Learning
According to a new report by Transparency Market Solutions the value of the cloud-based...
Celebrate but Don’t Rest on Brown v. Board
As we celebrate the 63rd anniversary of the anti-segregation decision in Brown v Board of Education, there is justifiable concern that the principles enshrined...
Easing Student Anxiety in an Uncertain Age
The Institute of International Education’s (IIE) Mark Lazar reports on how U.S. campuses are responding to the needs and concerns of current and prospective students from the Middle East, North Africa, and beyond.
To help campus leaders and admissions officers navigate these uncertain times, IIE’s Mark Lazar and a team of experts has put together a list of ten actions to encourage international students to come to the U.S. The list is not intended to be comprehensive, but it offers a platform from which to rebuild the confidence of concerned international students.
What Should Trump Do for Education in the U.S.? Part I
Part I in Language Magazine's series in which we ask key figures in the world of language education what President Trump should do to...
Congress Advised of Critical Need to Boost Language Study
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS) delivered its final report on...
UN: Multilingual Education is ‘Absolutely Essential’
Learning languages is a promise of peace, innovation, and creativity, and will contribute to the achievement of global development goals, the head of the...
Many Languages, One World
Deadline Approaches for 2017 UN Student Essay Contest and Global Youth Forum
ELS and the United Nations Academic Impact are sponsoring the fourth Many Languages,...
ACICS Suffers Loss of Accreditation
The U.S. Department of Education has withdrawn recognition of the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS) as a nationally-recognized accreditation agency. This...
