Turnitin Introduces Translated Matching for Multilingual Plagiarism Detection
Thursday, January 19, 2012View the press release iParadigms, creators of Turnitin and the leader in originality checking and online grading, announced the release of automated translation technology...
View ArticleLoss of FLAP Funding Halts Foreign Language Assessments
The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) learned in late December that Congress had cut FLAP grant's final year of funding. Marion Herbert District Administration, February...
View ArticleWhat Can U.S. Schools Learn from Foreign Counterparts?
Thursday, February 2, 2012District Administration If the results of the most recent international achievement tests were graded on a curve, U.S. students probably would rank somewhere in the B range....
View ArticleWashington County (Utah) Schools Offer Parents New Choices
Monday, March 12, 2012TheSpectrum.com The word "choice" in education is traditionally associated with private schools, home schooling or other alternatives to the public school system, but the...
View ArticleWidening Participation to an International Baccalaureate Education
A new IB Career-related Certificate program will pair academic rigor and international focus with technical training. Ed Finkel District Administration, April 2012The global economy demands globally...
View ArticleDelaware Joins Chinese language Education Consortium
Tuesday, March 27, 2012Newark Post Delaware is one of four state education agencies, four Chinese Flagship Centers and numerous school districts from across 10 states that are working collaboratively...
View ArticleA Local Link for Overseas Students
Thursday, April 26, 2012Wall Street Journal Tom Zhou arrived from Beijing three years ago to attend Chinese Christian High School here. The 17-year-old is graduating in June and is set to attend the...
View ArticleShmoop Debuts Test Prep for AP Spanish Language and Literature
Friday, April 27, 2012View the press release Shmoop announces the launch of online test prep resources designed to prepare students for the AP Spanish Language Exam and AP Spanish Literature Exam...
View ArticleThe International Baccalaureate Authorizes 2000th IB World School in the...
Monday, April 30, 2012Houston Chronicle The International Baccalaureate (IB) reached a milestone today with the authorization of its 2000th IB World School in Edinburg, Texas. The 2000th school...
View ArticleNH Senate Education Committee Public Hearing on IB Set for Tomorrow
Tuesday, May 1, 2012Patch.com Bedford one of two NH school districts in danger of losing its International Baccalaureate program to HB 1403.It's been one of most controversial topics in town. In fact,...
View ArticleS.C. District Officials to Study Educational Practices in China
Thursday, October 11, 2012The Sun News Four Horry County Schools officials will head to China next month as part of a program where they will learn about the country’s educational system while...
View ArticleMandarin Chinese Descends on the Deep South
Alison DeNisco District Administration, November 2012Bibb County, Ga. is better known for being at the heart of confederacy than for its international interests—until now. This fall marked the...
View ArticleK12 Leaders Choose the Most Innovative Products of 2012
Tuesday, November 20, 2012District Administration MagazineProducts Editor Lauren Williams and the DA StaffAs the person in charge of technology in your district, it's important to keep on top of the...
View ArticlePush for Second Language Immersion in Wyo. Schools
Tuesday, December 4, 2012Casper Star-TribuneA group of parents and educators in the Natrona County School District are hoping to start a program to teach elementary school in a foreign language for...
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Escaping Monolingualism
Audio translation websites and tools enhance language learning. Odvard Egil DyrliGrowing up in a bilingual home near New York City, where my brother and I were the only ones who spoke Norwegian in our...
View ArticleMaking sense of blended learning
The principles of successful digital integration into classroom instruction are at work in Wade King Elementary SchoolDistrict Administration Custom Publishing GroupDistrict Administration, Dec...
View ArticleWhat Do Students Really Need to “Know?"
Breakthrough technologies challenge the fundamental premises of schools.Will RichardsonDistrict Administration, Jan 2013A few months ago, a Chinese family moved into a house down the block from our...
View ArticleFlap Increases Over California School Named for Bandit
Friday, January 4, 2013CNN.comTiburcio Vasquez, a 19th century outlaw, is remembered in historical accounts as a notorious criminal who terrorized southern California. But one school district in...
View ArticleIll. District to Cut Chinese Language Program
Wednesday, February 27, 2013Chicago TribuneSchool board members questioned the interest despite pleas from administrators to keep it going.Superintendent Sarah Jerome and Dale Truding, assistant...
View ArticleMich. May Drop Foreign Language Rule
Tuesday, March 19, 2013The Detroit NewsBailey Ellul is only 6 years old, but she understands the question and knows the answer. "Nikkeru," she says in Japanese when her teacher holds up a picture of a...
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