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District 25 to offer foreign language classes for fee
Arlington Heights School District 25 is expected to offer elementary school students a weekly foreign language class for parents willing to pay to get more language instruction for their kids. Details of the new fee-based program, which is planned to...Tags: Arts and Culture, Students, Teaching and Learning
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Practice makes perfect: Learning to speak without fear in the business world
Las Vegas SunFor many people, speaking in public is scarier than dying. Some worry about being judged or criticized. Others had a bad experience as a child. Of course, some people are blessed with a natural aptitude for giving a great speech, but being an...Tags: Arts and Culture, Employment Opportunities, Nevada Legislature
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EDITORIAL: County schools rise to a linguistic challenge; Finding old words
The Capital, Annapolis, Md.Just as the international supremacy of the dollar let Americans be spendthrift, the international supremacy of English made Americans lazy about learning other tongues. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan noted in 2010 that only 18 percent of...Tags: Arts and Culture, Students, Arne Duncan, The Washington Post, Annapolis
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Peeving about peevers
The Baltimore SunI saw a remark the other day that the folks at Language Log are given to peeving about peevers, and it occurred to me afresh how much misunderstanding remains among evidently educated people about what linguists are up to when they expose bogus...Tags: Arts and Culture
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Speaker reminds grads of 'institutionalized optimism'
The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va.Before Helen Holt was West Virginia's first female secretary of state, and before she would serve at the request of seven American presidents, she was a newlywed moving to unfamiliar surroundings. She addressed the graduates and guests at Sunday's...Tags: Arts and Culture, Science and Technology, Colleges and Universities, U.S. Senate, Rush Holt
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'Congressional hearings' help Howard students embrace the Constitution
Being called to a congressional hearing can be an intimidating experience for national leaders, business executives and even elected officials. But Gorman Crossing Elementary School fifth-grader Tobi Arewa is getting used to it. "At first when I am...
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Zephyrhills High Spanish classes may go online
The Tampa TribuneZEPHYRHILLS - Hana Mower may eventually go into international business, so she wants to rack up as many Spanish classes as possible during her years at Zephyrhills High. But the 16-year-old sophomore learned last week she could be about to encounter...Tags: Arts and Culture, Students, Tampa, Education, Teaching and Learning
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Central Middle School dropping Spanish from core curriculum
Starting this fall, Central Middle School will drop Spanish from its core group of classes for seventh- and eighth-graders and replace the subject with a language arts offering. For the past two years, seventh- and eighth-grade students at Central have...Tags: Arts and Culture, Students, Teaching and Learning
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School to host new language program
The Wilson Daily Times, N.C.Hearne Elementary School will be the home for a new Spanish language immersion program starting next school year. Hearne Principal Jenny Hayes is recruiting families in hopes of filling at least one kindergarten class with students who will receive...Tags: Arts and Culture, Students, Science and Technology, Demographics, U.S. Department of State
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The Philadelphia Inquirer Kevin Riordan column
The Philadelphia InquirerEventually the most ardent tweeter, texter, and instant messenger must face, not Facebook, the truth. "People have to talk to other people," says Matthew Goldberg, the Voorhees chapter president of Toastmasters International, which has been enhancing...Tags: The Philadelphia Inquirer, Arts and Culture, Mike Tyson, Skype, Social Media
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Pullman FFA shines at state convention
Moscow-Pullman Daily NewsThe Pullman FFA chapter continued its tradition of excellence by earning 13 state degrees and numerous other awards at the 83rd Washington FFA Convention last weekend on the Washington State University campus. The 13 state degrees earned by the...Tags: Arts and Culture, Students, Teaching and Learning, Washington State University
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Norwich budget hearing stormy
The Day, New London, Conn.Emotions ran high during Monday's budget hearing, as budget supporters urged the City Council to increase school funding, preserve community policing and support senior meal programs and funding for the Norwich Community Development Corp. But others...Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Unemployment, Entertainment, Budgets and Budgeting, Teaching and Learning
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