I met with entrepreneur Vanessa Handal-Ghenania who founded Petits Poussins too, a bilingual preschool in French and English in Harlem. Vanessa opened her first school in Harlem six years ago and is now working towards opening her fourth school, with Spanish this time. Her schools accept children six weeks old to four years old and expose them to languages all day long!
I had the chance to meet with Deputy Chancellor Milady Baez of the New York City Department of Education at a breakfast roundtable on French dual language programs in NYC schools, organized by the French Consul General Anne-Claire Legendre. Continue reading “Meeting with Deputy Chancellor Milady Baez of the NYC Department of Education”
I recently wrote an article for the Goethe-Institut USA online magazine: “A Bilingual Revolution is Underway” (also available in German “Die Revolution der Zweisprachigkeit“). Continue reading “A Bilingual Revolution is Underway, an Article for the Goethe-Institut USA”
I spoke yesterday in favor of more multilingual education and dual language programs in public schools at a hearing of the NYC Council’s Education Committee. Here is my testimonial. Continue reading “Resolution 890: Hearing of the New York City Council’s Education Committee on November 22, 2016”
Last weekend, I participated at the 6th International Conference on Immersion and Dual Language Education: Connecting Research and Practice Across Contexts organized by the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA) in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The CARLA conference was an impressive gathering of bilingual and immersion educators in Minneapolis. Patricia C. Gándara, Research Professor of Education, UCLA, spoke about the labor market advantage to bilingualism in the United States. Dr. Myrian (Mimi) Met presented an international panel on bilingual and immersion education in the United States, with speakers from Brazil, Canada, Ireland, Estonia, Finland, and Spain.
Continue reading “The 6th International Conference on Immersion and Dual Language Education”
Today I met wih Irene Leon and Maria Jaya who co-run Cypress Hills Community School in Brooklyn.
Created 20 years ago through a strong parent-led community effort the pioneer school is entirely dual language in Spanish and English from preK to 8th. Continue reading “Cypress Hills Community School: Pioneers on dual language education in New York City”
I contributed an article with Jack Klempay in Reconsidering Development, an international, open access, and peer reviewed e-journal that aims to create an equitable space for dialogue and discussion concerning the theory and practice of international development (published by the University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing). Continue reading ““Measuring the Influence of Language on Grant- Making by U.S. Foundations in Africa” – An Article for Reconsidering Development”
The following are the key messages discussed in the UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report (February 2016): Continue reading “Quality Education should be Delivered in the Language Spoken at Home”
J’ai récemment participé à une conférence organisée par l’association Français du Monde à l’Ambassade de France à Washington, DC, dans le but de soutenir la création et le développement des filières bilingues dans la ville. Continue reading “[FR] “Comment créer des classes d’immersion en français dans une école publique” – Panel organisé à Washington, DC”
Hunter College avait des allures de Tour de Babel, samedi dernier. French Morning organisait, dans les étages de l’université de l’Upper East Side, son deuxième Salon de l’Education bilingue.
Retrouvez mon interview pour French Morning Continue reading “[FR] Le français a une marge de progression à New York”
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