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National Center for Family Literacy Ruminates on Education Policy
This past weekend, the National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL) held a conference in San Diego, California with best-selling authors and education leaders in attendance. The NCFL focuses on bolstering family literacy programs. Conference...
Rebuilding Haiti through Education
by Kristal Bivona
Over two years after its devastating earthquake, Haiti is still in the midst of reconstruction and recovery. Last month, the first conference dedicated entirely to recovery through education, HaïtiÉduc’2012, brought together educators...
Promoting French in Pakistan
Concluding the Semaine Internationale de la Francophonie, the French ambassador to Pakistan announced that France would be promoting the language and culture more aggressively in Pakistan.
“We are planning on developing series of activities,...
Promoting French in Pakistan
Concluding the Semaine Internationale de la Francophonie, the French ambassador to Pakistan announced that France would be promoting the language and culture more aggressively in Pakistan.
“We are planning on developing series of activities,...
International Summit on Teaching Profession Takes Place in New York
The second International Summit on the Teaching Profession opened today in New York. The summit is a two-day conference with representatives from 23 countries and regions who have high performing education systems. The summit...
March 2012
The Word is Your Oyster
According to some vocal activists and former treasury secretary, Lawrence H. Summers, English’s emergence as a global lingua franca has rendered it unnecessary for English speakers to cater to speakers...
Heading South for Spanish
Jennifer Timm discovers why Colombia and Chile are among South America’s most popular learning destinations
Colombia
Colombia is a fantastic destination for students wanting to experience South America. Although Colombia is still working to shake a...
Talking in the Library
Jason Teshuba describes how access to online language learning programs is invigorating America’s libraries
Sometimes big, transformative events can begin with just a few small steps.
In Benicia, California, a library literacy director faced with budget...
Creating Your Own Space
Mindy Broderick raves about the functionality of Wikispaces for language classes
What’s in a wiki?
* Easy-to-use visual editor
* Unlimited pages
* Student accounts with or without email addresses
* Media and widgets from all over the web
*...
Last Writes
What the Dickens!
Richard Lederer gives us a quiz on the great Charles Dickens
Last month, we celebrated on this page the bicentennial of the birth of one of the world’s most beloved authors. Two centuries ago...
