Editorial by Stacie Nevadomski Berdan, the author of “Get Ahead by Going Abroad” and an upcoming book on “Raising Global Children.”
Posted September 15, 2009 in the Huffington Post at http://www.huffingtonpost.com
Go to article “No More Cuts! Keep Foreign Languages in Schools”

Young Children have advantage, but linguists say lessons benefit all.
by Valerie Strauss, The Washington Post, February 16, 2009
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Discover Languages is a national campaign designed to raise awareness about the importance of learning languages and understanding cultures in the lives of all Americans. The key cornerstones of this campaign include: Public Awareness, Advocacy and Policy, Research and Practice, and Resources and Collaboration. The American Council on the Teaching of [...]

After being launched in 2005, the AP Italian program is endangered to be eliminated by the College Board after 2008-2009. The College Board stated that the low demand for the test results in a financial loss to the Board. Trying to raise funds to support the AP program, the Italian Foundation was established in July. [...]

November 12-16, 2007 has been declared as this year’s International Education Week.
This is a joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education to promote programs that prepare Americans for a global environment and attract future leaders from abroad to study, learn, and exchange experiences in the United States. The [...]

You are invited to attend a series of four moderated panel discussions that have been organized by Leo van Lier, Editor of The Modern Language Journal, and Heidi Byrnes, Associate Editor of Perspectives, in order to lay the ground work for a Perspectives special feature of the Modern Language Journal that [...]