An innovative program offered in some Massachusetts elementary schools is giving kids a chance to become bilingual early—and learn from each other. This story in the Boston Globe describes how the program, which begins in kindergarten, mixes native English speakers and native Spanish speakers and teaches all subjects in both languages. The article states: According [...]
"My grandmother wanted me to have an education,
so she kept me out of school."
-Margaret Mead
Dropping Out–Or Leaping Ahead?
10/27/2008
Even in a week packed with all kinds of dire predictions about the economy, it was hard to ignore this headline: Kids Less Likely To Graduate Than Parents. (See the AP story here) According to the report by the Education Trust, more than one in four high school students in the US drop out before [...]
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