Tag: schools
Canada: Filipino language courses introduced to B.C. schools
In Vancouver B.C., public school students at Sir Charles Tupper Secondary will soon have access to Filipino language courses, after the city’s school board recently unanimously voted to introduce classes for grades 10-12.
The course...
Opinion: Listen to Teachers
As teachers and students prepare for the new school year, many school administrators are scrambling to fill vacancies,...
Concern Grows Over School Staff Shortages
A new national survey finds deep public concern about the K–12 school workforce—83% of Americans express concerns about public school staff shortages, while 81% are worried about workforce burnout. Most Americans (89%) say K–12...
Cardona Stresses Equity in Rescue Funding
As the Department of Education releases $122 billion directly to states as part of the American Rescue Plan, Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona is encouraging states to make sure students who have been hit...
Botswana to Introduce Swahili Language in Local Schools
Botswana plans to introduce Swahili language in the southern African country’s local schools, according to Fidelis Molao, the country’s minister of basic education. Speaking at a language-teaching workshop in Francistown, Botswana’s second-largest city, Molao...
Teachers Union Releases Plan for Reopening Schools
The American Federation of Teachers, the 1.7-million member teachers union has released a plan for how and when schools should safely reopen.
The 20-page document, which union president Randi Weingarten said would evolve as...
1.3 Billion Students Still Affected by Closures
According to UNESCO, 200 million students have gone back to school in the last two weeks, as schools reopen progressively across the globe. As of mid-April, 1.5 billion children and youth were affected by...
Box Tops for Education now offering an app
Box Tops for Education is now offering an app that allows users to scan their store receipts and earn money for local schools. The Box Tops program, which was founded by General Mills in...
Coding Bills Threaten Language Requirement
The U.S. House and Senate have both introduced bills that encourage the replacement of math, science, and foreign language courses with computer coding in high schools.
In June, U.S. senators Bill Cassidy, MD (R-Louisiana), and...
The Future of Education is in Two Languages
Fabrice Jaumont is convinced that dual-language education should be the norm rather than the exception
Gregg Roberts once said that monolingualism is the illiteracy of the 21st century. So, I ask, what if we lived...