School Specialty Unveils $50,000 School Makeover Sweepstakes
School Specialty is excited to announce the launch of its first-ever $50,000 School Makeover Sweepstakes. The sweepstakes invites eligible individuals to nominate their school...
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Music & Language Lead to Efficient Brain
A new study reveals that bilinguals and trained musicians utilize fewer resources in their brains while doing tasks involving memory. This means that it’s...
Reports of OELA’s Demise Hopefully Exaggerated
Advocacy groups are denouncing a proposed merging of the federal Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA) into the Office for Elementary and Secondary Education...
Danish Language Classes Supplement Denmark Tax Cuts
A new tax deal set by the Danish government will place stronger conditions for entry to social welfare programs and payments for foreign citizens....
New App, Color Game, for Language Evolution
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Jena, Germany and the Mint Minds and Traditions Research Group (a...
Babies Like the Sound of their Own Voices
Although infants do appreciate the coos of their parents, they seem to prefer to hear sounds from other babies, according to a new Canadian...
The Eyes Tell All
MIT study shows eye movements reveal linguistic fluency
Tracing the eye movements of someone as they read in a second language may be able to...
Access to Books Improves Learning
Yet another study has shown that increasing access to books improves student outcomes
“Reaching Families Where They Are: Examining an Innovative Book Distribution Program,” published...
Massive Study Confirms Teens’ Grammar Expertise
After years of research suggesting that the “critical period” to learn ends before the age of 10, an enormous new study of well over...
$5 Million Gift to Build Korean Language Village
Kenny Park, CEO of Seoul-based luxury handbag manufacturer the Simone Corporation, has donated $5 million to Concordia Language Villages in Moorhead, Minnesota. The donation...
Yolngu Album Tops Australian Charts
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu has made history by becoming the first artist to top the Australian ARIA charts while singing in an indigenous language, just...
Victory for Arizona Teachers After Walkouts
The teacher walkouts in Arizona have come to an end due to the governor signing a budget bill. (https://twitter.com/dougducey/status/992028377660866562) Arizona Govenor Doug Ducey announced...
New Study Finds Virtual Schools Underperforming
School performance measures for both virtual and blended schools indicate that they are not as successful as traditional public schools, according to NEPC’s Sixth...
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