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Americans suffer from inadequate foreign language education - The Daily Texan
The United States is largely monolingual. In fact, only about 15-20 percent of Americans consider themselves bilingual, compared to 56 percent of Europeans surveyed in 2006 by the European...
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Why A Second Language is Crucial | YEP Education
In times of economic pressures, faculties evaluate course offerings to come to a decision which classes are most significant. Sadly, foreign language programs are usually deemed less important than...
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FACTWorld - Forum for Across the Curriculum Teaching
FACTWorld is a forum set up to support the teaching of subjects through the medium of a foreign language, bilingual education, immersion education, content and language integrated learning (CLIL. The...
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Language Education We Can Use
Foreign-language education needs to change dramatically to become more useful for students in the global economy, David Young and J.B. Buxton write.See it on Scoop.it, via The Arts & Languages
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What Studying the Brain Tells Us About Arts Education | Big Ideas Fest
What studying the brain tells us about arts education, @georgelakoff's @bigideasfest talk #OER #bif2012 http://t.co/NYXlWbG3e3See it on Scoop.it, via The Arts & Languages
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Story, Social Responsibility and the Case for a New Model for Entertainment...
"Story. It is the timeless, universal language that ties us together as human kind. It helps us make sense of our lives and the world around us. It can illuminate the human spirit and not only delight...
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Arts education needs to be protected
Why invest in arts education at a time when schools seem laser-focused on improving performance in reading and math skills? Evidence shows that the arts matter. Arts have a positive impact on student...
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Educational Leaders, Arts Standards, and the Common Core
The framers and writers of the National Core Arts Standards understood the need for clarity in these links, so the standards can be used both as tools for curriculum design and as tools for program...
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Arts Education Seen as Common-Core Partner #arts #ccss #ccchat #edchat...
Advocates are making the case that the arts can help students meet the demands of the common core in English/language arts and mathematics.See it on Scoop.it, via The Arts & Languages
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Why Arts Education Must Be Saved | Edutopia
Almost every one of us can point back to a creative pursuit, in or out of school, that enhanced our skills, knowledge, or understanding. Yet the majority of secondary school students in the United...
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