A related strand of this literature proxies for quality with infrastructure indicators, such as the presence of a school canteen, toilets, and electricity and shows that children attending these schools are less likely to engage in child labor (Abou, 2021; Bhattacharya et al., 2021). 2. Back...
We are pioneers in this effort. For those of us with children “just starting out” and parents of kids among the “first group” of immersion learners at our respective schools, it may sometimes feel that the struggle is too much, the learning curve “too high.” We muddle through, brea...
Daniel and Yesenia were two focal youth of the study, who migrated from high-altitude communities to Urubamba alone or with their families to attend urban schools. At the time of the study, they were 13 and 16 years old respectively. As Yesenia’s mom explained to me, the family sought t...
My native language is Japanese, but I have been studying English since junior high school. After graduating from university in Japan I traveled to Malaysia to study English abroad for a year and a half. I met Tin in Ma- laysia, and though I knew very little Mandarin at the time, we ...
That is not the end of your options: You can also interpret in the healthcare field (if you have a court certification you will pass the healthcare certification exam) or parent-teacher conferences at your local schools. Look for options at the local ethnic radio and TV stations and offer...
The educative innovation can coincide with methodological proposals or teaching actions as well as instruments or objects that foster new practice: ‘when innovative artefacts enter schools, they call on school team members to act in line with this script and as such require them to take a stance...
Similar systems exist elsewhere (from “gymnasium” and “international baccalaureate” to “prep schools” and “community colleges”). But Quebec’s Cegep network is its own very specific thing, fully adapted to its own cultural and social context. Surely, I’ll have a lot more to say ...
Professionals responsible for facilitating the linguistic and academic competence of schools must address questions of what most effectively supports the learning processes for children whose first languages are not English (Jones, 2015). Babaci-Wilhite (2019) argues that the incorporation of arts into ...
Data was collected at 21 sites across the U.S., and children were recruited based on probability sampling of schools near the 21 study sites (Garavan et al., 2018). Recruitment was monitored by the study team to ensure that target demographics were being met such that the resulting sample ...
While others force their children to attend both schools in their dominant language and in the evenings and weekends in the minority one. What do you think? I wouldn’t like my son to develop hatred towards my language because I forced him to speak. Thank you for sharing your experience ...