The American education system is facing two divergent scenarios. On the one hand, budgets remain stagnant. World language programs are being cut. In many areas, there are widespread teacher shortages.…
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Tag Archives: Education
Why Global Competence Is a Gamechanger in Education
Learning a language can open a lot of doors for students, but the door opens much wider when paired with an understanding of global events and how to affect the…
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5 Resources to Enhance the K-12 Lifelong Learning Journey
To complement our new Lifelong Learning: Language Skills Increase World Readiness eBook, we’ve also established a page that gathers the best resources we have found on the benefits of language…
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[New eBook] Lifelong Learning: Language Skills Increase World Readiness
We’re excited to bring you this new e-book, all about the role language skills play in the future success of our K-12 students. It’s called Lifelong Learning: Language Skills Increase World…
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The Finding Funding Checklist for Language Learning
Although we’ve seen a few years of economic growth and rising property values, education funding from state and federal sources continues to lag behind. Part of this is because of…
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Public Funding Sources for Language-Learning
Our latest infographic, Funding Sources for Language Learning, goes through the updated state of governmental education funding in the United States. One of the lowlights: Congress has cut education funding…
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Private Sources for Language-Learning Dollars
Even though the economy has rebounded and tax rolls are starting to grow again, education funding is still being held to pre-Recession levels. Nationwide, per-pupil spending has decreased three years…
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[Infographic] Funding Sources for Language Learning
The country’s schools are now majority-minority and one third of students are expected to be considered English learners by 2020, while only 18% of K-12 students study a foreign language…
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The Skill Graduates Need Most
The results of a recent survey capturing the skills employers want most out of their new hires may surprise you. Instead of writing, visual, or electronic communication skills, employers identified…
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[NEW eBook] Expanding Access for Adult English Learners
In the past 20 years, the adult Limited English Proficient population increased over 80 percent. That has led to English language-learning becoming the largest subgroup of the adult education landscape.…
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